Author: Sergio Caltagirone

Almost 20 years ago Sergio Caltagirone took a journey tracking hackers and malware. He followed his passion into computer science and information security at NASA briefly and then the National Security Agency (NSA) for nine years. At NSA he was a founding member and senior-most intelligence analyst at the NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center (NTOC). Sergio focused his energy on hunting many national security cyber threats including those targeting industrial control systems (ICS). He built methods and practices which grew into hundreds of analysts around the world following his footsteps to hunt new threats to the US and Allies. In 2013 Sergio left NSA to become the Director of Threat Intelligence at Microsoft launching the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center. He directed a mission improving Microsoft’s products and services through intelligence-driven approaches. His team hunted threats against billions of customers adding mitigation, detection, and product improvements to disrupt hundreds of cyber threats within Windows, O365, Azure, and several other leading to the Windows/O365/Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) products and Windows Defender. In 2016, Sergio joined Dragos to start the world’s only dedicated ICS threat intelligence team focused on uncovering cyber threats to ICS. He launched Dragos WorldView in early 2017 delivering threat intelligence on ICS threats to asset owners and operators worldwide. His passion to fight evil takes him to Technical Director at the Global Emancipation Network using technology to counter human trafficking and working to save millions from modern day slavery.