Cameron H. Malin
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Cameron H. Malin, JD, CISSP, is a Cyber Behavioral Profiler and former Supervisory Special Agent/Behavioral Profiler with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), specializing in the assessment of Cyber Threat Actor Decision Making, Adversary Tradecraft, Cyber Deception and Cognitive Vulnerabilities. He has more than 22 years of experience investigating, analyzing, and profiling cyber adversaries across the spectrum of criminal to national security attacks.
During his tenure in the FBI, he was the founder of both the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit’s (BAU) Cyber Behavioral Analysis Center (CBAC)—the FBI BAU's methodology and application of science-based behavioral profiling and assessment to national security and criminal cyber offenders—and the BAU’s Deception and Influence Group (DIG), a uniquely trained and experienced cadre of Behavioral Profilers specialized in analyses and countermeasures to adversary cyber deception campaigns and influence operations.
Mr. Malin is the developer of the Digital Behavioral Criminalistics™, a combined application of numerous forensic disciplines—digital forensics, criminalistics, and behavioral sciences—to meaningfully uncover offender thoughts and actions in digital artifacts. He formally introduced this discipline in his book chapter, “Digital Behavioral Criminalistics to Elucidate the Cyber Pathway to Intended Violence,” in the International Handbook of Threat Assessment, 2nd Edition (Oxford University Press, 2021).
Mr. Malin is a co-author of the authoritative cyber deception book, Deception in the Digital Age: Exploiting and Defending Human Targets Through Computer-Mediated Communications (published by Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.) and co-author of the Malware Forensics book series: Malware Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Code, Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems, and Malware Forensics Field Guide for Linux Systems (all published by Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.).
- Crime Scene Analysis
- Criminal Law
- Cybersecurity
- Evidence Analysis & Preservation
- Information Technology
- Terrorism
- Violent Crimes
- Workplace Violence
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A:
• Juris Doctor – University of Florida, Levin College of Law
Florida Bar Association (Admitted 1998; in Good Standing)
• Bachelor of Science, Legal Studies (Pre-Law) – Nova Southeastern University
• Private Investigator License, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Certifications:
• Behavioral Analysis Certification, FBI, National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), (ISC)²
• Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), EC-Council
• Certified Network Defense Architect (C|NDA), EC-Council
• Digital Behavior Change Certified (DBCC), Behavioral Design Academy
• Emotional Design Psychology Certified (EDPC), Behavioral Design Academy
• GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM), SANS Institute
• GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), SANS Institute
• GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), SANS Institute
• GIAC Certified UNIX Security Administrator (GCUX), SANS Institute
• GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN), SANS Institute
• GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), SANS Institute
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Analysis of digital evidence, behavioral analysis (“profiling”) based on digital and other evidence, consultation, reports, testimony
Available Upon Request