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Robert McArdle

I'm a Director in Trend Micro's Forward Looking Threat Research (FTR) and Adversary Intelligence and Monitoring (AIM) teams, where I'm involved in analysing and monitoring the latest Cybercrime threats - specializing in researching the future threat landscape, Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and coordinating investigations with international law enforcement.

I'm a regular presenter for the press and at security conferences, founder of Cork|Sec security meetup, and also lectured in Malware Analysis and Cybercrime Investigations on MSc modules at Munster Technological University (MTU) and University College Dublin (UCD).

I worry that my hobby and job are one and the same, and constantly wonder if "normal" people have that problem.

Outside of work I'm likely to be found obsessing over a Galaxy Far, Far Away - and looking to find some strange niche area of cybercrime that means my years of loving Stars Wars lore and trivia will have some impact on my day job.