John Shier

John Shier

Sophos

Field CTO, Threat Intelligence

John Shier is a Field CTO, Threat Intelligence at Sophos with more than two decades of cybersecurity experience. He’s passionate about protecting consumers and organizations from advanced threats, and has researched everything from costly ransomware to illicit dark web activity, uncovering insights needed to strengthen proactive cybersecurity defenses.

John is often consulted by press, and has been quoted in publications like Reuters, WIRED, Fortune, CNN, The Hill, Fast Co, Yahoo, and more. He’s also a frequent speaker at industry events like RSA Conference, Infosec, Cebit, Gitex, and more.

Based in Toronto, John is available on Twitter (@john_shier) and can be reached via email at [email protected].

Joseph Blount, Jr., president and CEO of Colonial Pipeline, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 8, 2021. Today’s columnist, John Shier of Sophos, offers eight tips for security teams in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline case and other such attacks. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds-Pool/Getty I...

Ransomware

What IT security teams can learn from the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack

John ShierAugust 30, 2021

The FBI did manage to recover some $2.3 million of bitcoin in the Colonial Pipeline case, but the damage was already done, and that's why companies need to stay ever vigilant about ransomware.