Primary Job Title Vice President, Threat Intelligence Primary Organization Palo Alto Networks
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
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Ryan Olson is the director of Palo Alto Networks' threat intelligence team; responsible for collection, analysis and production of intelligence on adversaries targeting organizations around the world. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Olson served as Senior Manager in Verisign's iDefense Threat Intelligence service. His area of
expertise is detecting and identifying actors and groups conducting cyber-crime and cyber-espionage operations. He is a contributing author to the book,"Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures," and primary author of "Cyber Security Essentials." He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Iowa State University, and a Master of Science degree in Security Informatics from The Johns Hopkins University.
