Richard Hummel is the ASERT threat intelligence lead at NETSCOUT. He has over a dozen years of experience in the intelligence field and is currently the threat intelligence manager for Arbor Networks’ ASERT Research Team. Previously, he served as manager and principal analyst on the FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence’s Financial Gain team. He began his career as a Signals Intelligence Analyst with the United States Army. During his service, he became certified in digital network intelligence and supported multiple operations overseas, including a deployment to Iraq.
After departing from the Army as an enlisted soldier, he began contracting work as a computer network operations analyst supporting the Army. During his tenure as a contractor, he developed many methods and procedures for conducting cyber discovery and trained analysts at Army INSCOM HQ’s. At FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence, he led a team of technical analysts to track, report and analyze various cybercrime-related malware families.
