Matthew Canham

Dr. Matthew Canham is the Executive Director of the Cognitive Security Institute and a former Supervisory Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with a combined 21 years of experience in conducting research in cognitive security and human-technology integration. He is an affiliated Faculty Member with George Mason University, where his research focuses on the cognitive factors in synthetic media social engineering and online influence campaigns. His work has been funded by NIST, DARPA, and the US Army Research Institute. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and SANS certifications in Mobile Device Analysis, Security Auditing of Wireless Networks, Digital Forensic Examination, and GIAC Security Essentials.