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Mr. Devost is a Founding Director of the [[Terrorism Research Center]], and currently serves as President and CEO overseeing all research, analysis, assessment, and training programs. In addition to his duties as President, Mr. Devost also provides strategic consulting services to select international governments and corporations on issues of counter-terrorism, information warfare, critical infrastructure protection, and homeland security. Mr. Devost also co-founded and serves as Executive Director of [[Technical Defense, Inc.]], a highly specialized information security consultancy.
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Mr. Devost has been researching the impact of information technology on national security since 1993. Mr. Devost has provided support on Information Operations and information terrorism to the Department of Defense community, Presidential Commissions, and numerous other government, law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Mr. Devost has also provided information security consulting and intelligence analysis services to private corporations, including Fortune 500 companies and critical infrastructure owners.
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'''Matthew G. Devost''' is a corporate security expert involved in several private security companies merging military and corporate personnel. He is also a media commentator on terrorism and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, NPR, CBS Radio, CBS News, BBC television, NWCN, Australian TV.<ref>Terrorism Research Center, [http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=About&file=index&subcontent=personnel&detail=staff Personnel/Staff], (accessed 8 May 2008)</ref>
  
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Mr. Devost has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, NPR, CBS Radio, CBS News, BBC television, NWCN, Australian television and over four dozen other radio and television programs as an expert on terrorism and information warfare and has lectured or published for the [[National Defense University]], the United States Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities, the Swedish government, Georgetown University, American University, George Washington University, and a number of popular press books - magazines, academic journals and international conferences. Mr. Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Vermont.
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==Education and Career==
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Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Vermont.<ref>Total Intelligence Solutions, [http://www.totalintel.com/dsp_aboutus_personnel.php Personnel], (accessed 8 May 2008</ref> He completed his MA in 1995 with the submission of a thesis titled ‘National Security in the Information Age’<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19970126074650/http://www.terrorism.com/documents/devostthesis.html National Security in the Information Age], A Thesis Presented by Matthew G. Devost to The Faculty of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Specializing in Political Science, May, 1995. etrieved from the Internet Archive, November 2006.</ref>
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Devost is President and CEO of the [[Terrorism Research Center]]. He is referred to as a founding director of the Center, which was formed in 1996, suggesting that he has worked there since that date.  (although the first reference to Devost being at the Center, was on CNN on 5 January 2000<ref>As We Begin New Century, Pentagon Prepares for War of Future CNN 5 January 2000; Wednesday 8:28 pm Eastern Time</ref>) In the late 1990s Devost was also a Director of Intelligence Analysis for [[Infrastructure Defense]] (iDefense)<ref>Intelligence Newsletter, ‘INFOWAR - 3rd Annual Conference in London’, 14 January 1999</ref> where he led an analytical team identifying infrastructure threats, vulnerabilities and incidents for large corporate and government clients including Microsoft and Citigroup. <ref>[http://www.terec.gatech.edu/devost_bio.html Profile] from Georgia Tech Research Institute (accessed 9 May 2008)</ref>
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As well as heading the [[Terrorism Research Center]], Devost is an Executive Director and co-founder of [[Technical Defense]]<ref>Total Intelligence Solutions, [http://www.totalintel.com/dsp_aboutus_personnel.php Personnel], (accessed 8 May 2008</ref> and the Director of Operations at [[Security Design International]]<ref>[http://www.terec.gatech.edu/devost_bio.html Profile] from Georgia Tech Research Institute (accessed 9 May 2008)</ref>
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In February 2007 the [[Terrorism Research Center]] was bought up by [[Erik Prince|Erik Prince’s]] [[Prince Group]] and merged with [[Technical Defense]], and [[Cofer Black| Cofer Black's]] consulting group, the [[Black Group]].<ref>Dana Hedgpeth, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/02/AR2007110202165.html ‘Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire’], ''Washington Post'', 3 November 2007</ref> Devost was appointed President of the new company [[Total Intel]].
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==Affiliations==
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*[[Terrorism Research Center]] – President, CEO and founding director
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*[[Technical Defense]] – executive director and co-founder
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*[[Total Intel]] - President
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*[[Infrastructure Defense]] - former director of intelligence analysis
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*[[terrorexpertise:Georgetown University| Georgetown University]] – adjunct professor
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==Contact information==
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:'''Address:'''
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:Terrorism Research Center, Inc.
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:5765-F Burke Centre Parkway - PMB 331
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:Burke, VA 22003
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:US
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:Tel: +1.7036260272
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:Email: devost@terrorism.com
  
 
http://www.devost.net/
 
http://www.devost.net/
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==References==
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[[Category:Terrorism Spin|Devost, Matthew]]

Latest revision as of 09:16, 2 March 2009

Matthew Devost

Matthew G. Devost is a corporate security expert involved in several private security companies merging military and corporate personnel. He is also a media commentator on terrorism and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, NPR, CBS Radio, CBS News, BBC television, NWCN, Australian TV.[1]

Education and Career

Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Vermont.[2] He completed his MA in 1995 with the submission of a thesis titled ‘National Security in the Information Age’[3]

Devost is President and CEO of the Terrorism Research Center. He is referred to as a founding director of the Center, which was formed in 1996, suggesting that he has worked there since that date. (although the first reference to Devost being at the Center, was on CNN on 5 January 2000[4]) In the late 1990s Devost was also a Director of Intelligence Analysis for Infrastructure Defense (iDefense)[5] where he led an analytical team identifying infrastructure threats, vulnerabilities and incidents for large corporate and government clients including Microsoft and Citigroup. [6]

As well as heading the Terrorism Research Center, Devost is an Executive Director and co-founder of Technical Defense[7] and the Director of Operations at Security Design International[8]

In February 2007 the Terrorism Research Center was bought up by Erik Prince’s Prince Group and merged with Technical Defense, and Cofer Black's consulting group, the Black Group.[9] Devost was appointed President of the new company Total Intel.

Affiliations

Contact information

Address:
Terrorism Research Center, Inc.
5765-F Burke Centre Parkway - PMB 331
Burke, VA 22003
US
Tel: +1.7036260272
Email: devost@terrorism.com

http://www.devost.net/

References

  1. ↑ Terrorism Research Center, Personnel/Staff, (accessed 8 May 2008)
  2. ↑ Total Intelligence Solutions, Personnel, (accessed 8 May 2008
  3. ↑ National Security in the Information Age, A Thesis Presented by Matthew G. Devost to The Faculty of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Specializing in Political Science, May, 1995. etrieved from the Internet Archive, November 2006.
  4. ↑ As We Begin New Century, Pentagon Prepares for War of Future CNN 5 January 2000; Wednesday 8:28 pm Eastern Time
  5. ↑ Intelligence Newsletter, ‘INFOWAR - 3rd Annual Conference in London’, 14 January 1999
  6. ↑ Profile from Georgia Tech Research Institute (accessed 9 May 2008)
  7. ↑ Total Intelligence Solutions, Personnel, (accessed 8 May 2008
  8. ↑ Profile from Georgia Tech Research Institute (accessed 9 May 2008)
  9. ↑ Dana Hedgpeth, ‘Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire’, Washington Post, 3 November 2007
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