In the lecture above Anthony J. Ferrante, Global Head of Cybersecurity and Senior Managing Director of FTI Consulting explains how AI can hack human minds, influence behaviors and even presidential elections. Of course I do not agree with his take that the Russian’s influenced the 2016 elections, but then Mr. Ferrante is part of the WEF, so this is certainly an understandable viewpoint. He worked for the FBI known to be involved in civilian targeting programs. I just want you to hear from an expert what most people are still in denial of.

Mr. Ferrante has more than 25 years of top‐level cybersecurity experience, providing incident response and readiness planning to more than 1,000 private sector and government organizations, including more than 350 Fortune 500 companies and 90 Fortune 100 companies. He advises companies within the most regulated industries in the world, including large companies in finance and technology on their toughest cybersecurity challenges, from regulation and legislation enforcement (including DFARS, HIPAA, ITAR, GDPR, CCPA, NYDFS, and PCI DSS) to expert witness litigation.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Ferrante served as Director for Cyber Incident Response at the U.S. National Security Council at the White House where he coordinated U.S. response to unfolding domestic and international cybersecurity crises and issues. Building on his extensive cybersecurity and incident response experience, he led the development and implementation of Presidential Policy Directive 41 – United States Cyber Incident Coordination, the federal government’s national policy guiding cyber incident response efforts.

Before joining the National Security Council, Mr. Ferrante was Chief of Staff of the FBI’s Cyber Division. He joined the FBI as a special agent in 2005, assigned to the FBI’s New York Field Office. In 2006, Mr. Ferrante was selected as a member of the FBI’s Cyber Action Team, a fly-team of experts who deploy globally to respond to the most critical cyber incidents on behalf of the U.S. Government.

He is a member of the Ethics & Integrity Committee at Cellebrite, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Centre for Cybersecurity where he works to strengthen digital trust and promote the responsible development of technology.

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