Thomas Ryan is an established expert on cyber & physical security specializing in red team operations, application and supply chain security, information operations & personal protection. His precision focus during his career has been on offensive and defensive security operations and their application within both public and private organizations.

Thomas serves as Board Advisor for numerous companies while functioning as the Founder of Asymmetric Response, a boutique security firm.

In 2010 Thomas gained global notoriety for his research known as “The Robin Sage Experiment”. His research focused on the dangers and threats around social media. To this day the impact of this research is still relevant as well as 10x greater. Currently, Robin Sage Experiment's concepts are being taught in 28 universities in their cybersecurity and homeland security courses. It’s also be referenced in 100’s of security research papers and is currently used in many red teams and intelligence collection operations. Additionally, Thomas has been assigned several CVEs for exploits discovered and referenced 3 different times in the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.