ADAM MEYERS
THE CYBER INTERVIEW
The landscape of corporate cybersecurity continues to shift , as threat actors abandon conventional malware attacks in favour of identity-based infiltration . This evolution in tactics presents new challenges for western organisations already grappling with state-sponsored cyber campaigns and increasingly sophisticated criminal groups .
According to research by Crowdstrike , cloud-based intrusions have risen by 75 % in the past year , while cyber criminals have increased their use of legitimate remote management tools by 70 %. These changes reflect a broader shift in attack methodologies , as adversaries adapt to improved corporate defences and seek new ways to breach company networks .
The transformation coincides with an increase in state-sponsored activities targeting western corporations , particularly from North Korean actors . Their operations have expanded beyond traditional cyber attacks to include the placement of IT workers within aerospace and technology companies , creating insider threats that conventional security measures struggle to detect .
Adam Meyers , Senior Vice President of Counter Adversary Operations ( CAO ) at CrowdStrike , heads a global team tracking criminal groups , state-sponsored actors and nation-state entities . His division integrates the capabilities of CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence and Falcon OverWatch managed threat hunting teams with the company ’ s AI-powered Falcon platform to detect and respond to emerging threats .
ADAM MEYERS
TITLE : SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF COUNTER ADVERSARY OPERATIONS
COMPANY : CROWDSTRIKE INDUSTRY : CYBERSECURITY
As CrowdStrike ’ s Senior Vice President of Counter Adversary Operations , Adam Meyers leads the Threat Intelligence line of business for the company . Meyers directs a geographically dispersed team of cyber threat experts tracking criminal , state-sponsored , and nationalist cyber adversary groups across the globe and producing actionable intelligence to protect customers .
From political science student to cyber threat response chief Adam , who joined CrowdStrike as one of its first employees , traces his path to cybersecurity through an unconventional route . After studying political science , he began work as a penetration tester for a defence contractor , where his interest in cyber threats developed .
“ This led me to the path of exploit development , but my curiosity led me to reverse engineering ,” he explains . The transition to threat hunting came through hands-on experience with cyber criminals . “ I was working with a number of researchers tracking various threats when I encountered malware that was being used as a proxy for criminals . I could see the traffic they were
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