Former FBI Cyber Leader Jerry Bessette Joins Booz Allen
November 12 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Bessette Will Lead Firm’s Incident Response Team, Supporting
Fortune 500 and Global 2,000 Clients
Booz Allen Hamilton announced today that Jerry Bessette, a
former senior cybersecurity official at the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, has joined Booz Allen as a leader of the firm’s
Commercial business.
In his new role as a senior vice president, Bessette will head
the U.S. Commercial group’s Incident Response team, helping clients
deploy cyber security and risk management solutions to defend
against a growing array of domestic and international threats. The
team advises Fortune 500 clients as they prepare for cybersecurity
breaches and responds to them.
Bessette joins a team of leading cybersecurity experts with deep
expertise developed from responding to hundreds of breaches
annually. The team has been recognized as a leader in IDC’s
MarketScape report. It specializes in delivering integrated
consulting and technology solutions to support clients’ cyber
defense efforts. More broadly, the firm’s government and commercial
cybersecurity practices were recently recognized by Frost &
Sullivan as the North American market leader in Managed and
Professional Security.
“A company’s ability to be cyber secure and cyber resilient are
increasingly concerns of not only C-suite leaders, but boards and
investors,” said Bill Phelps, executive vice president and head of
Booz Allen’s U.S. Commercial business. “It’s critical that
organizations are equipped both with a modern defense and an
advanced response when threat actors break through. Jerry’s unique
background and law enforcement experience will be a vital asset for
our commercial clients who, like the FBI, work every day to protect
sensitive information and combat highly sophisticated actors.”
During his 24 years at the FBI, Bessette was involved in
addressing some of the most high-profile cyber-attacks facing
government agencies and companies. He was the FBI agent in charge
of the investigation into a damaging cyber-attack on Sony Pictures
in 2014 and led the investigation into a significant data breach at
the U.S. Postal Service. He also was responsible for the
development and management of a national strategy to counter
computer intrusions.
Bessette said he was “drawn to Booz Allen because this team
works on some of the toughest cyber challenges and brings a unique
blend of experience that mirrors my own professional path. The
Incident Response team helps organizations recover, remediate and
build cyber resilience so they can withstand future disruption, and
continue operating with little to no impact on the business.”
Bessette comes to Booz Allen after serving as a managing
director at Ankura Consulting, where he was a leader in their cyber
program and served as an outsourced CISO for several major
corporations. Before joining the FBI, Bessette served as an
artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps. He earned his
bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Military
Institute.
To learn more about Booz Allen’s incident response capabilities,
visit BoozAllen.com/Commercial.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
For more than 100 years, business, government, and military
leaders have turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to solve their most
complex problems. As a consulting firm with experts in analytics,
digital, engineering and cyber, we help organizations transform. We
are a key partner on some of the most innovative programs for
governments worldwide and trusted by the most sensitive agencies.
We work shoulder to shoulder with clients, using a mission-first
approach to choose the right strategy and technology to help them
realize their vision. With global headquarters in McLean, Virginia,
our firm employs nearly 27,000 people globally, and had revenue of
$6.70 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2019. To learn
more, visit www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
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