Speaker introduction

Scott Jarkoff is a Senior Threat Intelligence Advisor at CrowdStrike. Scott’s focus is to help customers operationalize and integrate threat intelligence within their organization’s security strategy, demonstrating the value of CrowdStrike threat intelligence. Scott is based in Tokyo and covers APJ. He has over twenty years defense-grade cyber security and intelligence experience, serving on a global team entrusted with empowering sales of CrowdStrike threat intelligence.
Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Scott worked at McAfee in Tokyo, Japan as a Senior Security Advisor focusing on evangelizing defense-grade cyber security solutions, with a strong emphasis on the Japanese government and critical infrastructure sectors. He also directed and led the introduction of McAfee threat intelligence services in the Japanese market.
Scott regularly presents at events in Japan and internationally and is frequently interviewed by Japanese media on cyber security news topics.
Before joining McAfee, Scott worked for the US government for over twenty years, the most recent as the Chief of Cyber Security at United States Forces Japan. At USFJ he was responsible for overseeing DoD cyber security strategy and cyber situational awareness for the U.S. military components in Japan. Scott leveraged DoD intelligence capabilities to develop U.S. and Japan cross-government cyber security strategy, managing the USFJ cyber security program, and commanding the USFJ security incident response team.