Richard Power is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of Security, Intelligence and Risk. Power has provided guidance in the areas of personnel security, cyber security, crisis management, terrorism, cyber crime and economic espionage to the highest levels within Fortune 500 companies and government agencies globally.

Power is a trusted journalist, an acclaimed author and speaker, and has been quoted in world news media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters and Associated Press, and interviewed on broadcast media including CNN, PBS, NPR, and BBC.

Career Highlights

Distinguished Fellow, CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University (2008-Current).

Author of five books, including "Secretes Stolen, Fortunes Stolen: Preventing Economic Espionage & Intellectual Property Theft in the 21st Century" (Elsevier 2008) and "Tangled Web: Tales of Digital Crime from the Shadows of Cyberspace" (Macmillan/Que 2000).

Founder of Words of Power and GS³ Intelligence (2005-Current).

Director of Security Management and Security Intelligence for the Global Security Office (GSO) of Deloitte Touche Tomatsu (2002-2005).

Advisor to executive leadership, security practitioners and law enforcement agencies, providing critical insights and vital data.

Author of "CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey" (1995-2002), an annual study, conducted in conjunction with the FBI Computer Crime Squad.

"We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out of inner peace."
~ Dalai Lama

Ongoing creation and worldwide presentation of executive briefings on security, intelligence, crisis management, terrorism, cyber crime and economic espionage.

Expert witness in U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee hearings on "Security in Cyberspace" in 1996.

Editorial Director of the Computer Security Institute (1994-2002)