Gavin Reid is the vice president of threat research at Lancope, Inc. With over 25 years of experience in security research, he previously held executive roles at Fidelity Investments, Cisco Systems, and NASA, where he was responsible for proactively preventing, detecting, and responding to cyber incidents. Notable achievements include creating Cisco's Computer Security Incident Response Team, growing it from one person with a $500k budget to 60 employees and $14 million budget. Reid regularly speaks on topics like computer forensics, incident response, and intrusion detection and prevention.

1. Gavin Reid is the vice president of threat research at Lancope, Inc., a Georgia-based network
visibility and security analytics company. With over 25 years of experience in security research,
he is a driving force behind data analytics and research for threat identification and remediation.
Prior to joining Lancope, Reid held executive-level threat intelligence positions at Fidelity
Investments and Cisco Systems.
At Fidelity, Reid served as the vice president of threat intelligence. His team was responsible for
proactively preventing, detecting and understanding past, present and future cyber incidents.
Reid fulfilled a variety of roles during his 15-year stint as Cisco. He was the director of threat
research for Cisco’s Security Intelligence Operations, leading a team tasked with researching
advanced cybersecurity threats and developing new data analytics technologies to help combat
those threats.
One of Reid’s most notable achievements at Cisco was the creation of the company’s Computer
Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), which is a global network of information security
professionals responsible for monitoring, investigating and responding to cybersecurity
incidents. Under his leadership, CSIRT grew from one person and a $500 thousand budget to
60 employees and a $14 million budget. Altogether, Reid spent over 10 years personally
overseeing all major security incidents at Cisco and Cisco-owned corporations.
Before joining Cisco in 1999, Reid spent nine years conducting IT Security at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center.
Reid is a regular speaker, and has delivered lectures across both the public and private sector
on computer forensics, incident response, and intrusion detection and prevention.