Rik Ferguson brings more than fifteen years of security and information technology experience to his role as Director of Security Research & Communication at Trend Micro. In this position, Rik is actively engaged in threat research, with a particular focus on social networking attacks. As EMEA spokesperson for the company, Rik is frequently interviewed about international security threats and issues by trade, national and international media

Rik Ferguson (Picture: Leif Martin Kirknes, Computerworld Norway)

Remaining a part of commercial and government projects for Trend Micro, Rik tries to ensure his views and areas of research reflect the security concerns as experienced
by enterprises and individuals as they come to grips with new challenges and technologies.
 
Prior to assuming his current role, Rik was a Solutions Architect at Trend Micro, having also previously served as Security Infrastructure Specialist at EDS and as a Senior Product Engineer at McAfee.
 
Rik Ferguson is a Certified Ethical Hacker and is CISSP-ISSAP in good standing.
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