Matthew Thomson is the director of cyber liability at M3 Insurance. In this role, he is responsible for sales support, market relations, training, and thought leadership within the cyber, media, and technology error and omissions (E&O) lines of coverage. Matt also oversees and develops M3’s cyber book of business. In serving as a cyber security strategist and advisor, he helps clients mitigate cyber exposures through preventative controls and formal risk transfer mechanisms.

Matt has diverse experience in incident response, cyber risk, compliance frameworks, penetration testing, and security awareness & training. He started his career as a cyberspace operations officer in the Air Force where he had responsibilities that included managing the US Air Forces in Europe enterprise network and conducting penetration tests on multiple Department of Defense and US Government systems. He has also built and led the cyber security program directly for two organizations and has been a consultant for numerous others.