The SecDev Group
| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Data-centric risk consultancy and OSINT research agency |
| Predecessor | Advanced Network Research Group |
| Successor |
The SecDev Group, Secdev Foundation, Zeropoint Security |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Deirdre Collings |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada |
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Key people
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CEO, SecDev Group of companies: Managing Director: Principals: Lead Analysts: Neil Hauer |
| Brands | Flashnote |
| Services | Advanced open-source research and consultancy services |
| Parent | SecDev Holdings |
The SecDev Group, Secdev Foundation,
CEO, SecDev Group of companies:
Managing Director:
Principals:
Lead Analysts:
The SecDev Group is a Canadian data-centric risk consultancy that focuses on leveraging open data, and open source intelligence. The group previously operated out of Cambridge University under the name of the Advanced Network Research Group. Their work focuses on the intersection of cyberspace with social and political change, and draws on social media and public data sources, field research, and other monitoring tools.
The group's CEO is Rafal Rohozinski, who was also instrumental in the development of Psiphon, a software application that allows people living in closed societies to access censored information.
The SecDev Group monitors and produces research reports on the cyber environment in diverse countries and regions, including in Syria, the Sahel region, Eurasia, China and Latin America, and tracks "the emergence of cyberspace as a strategic domain." It was also one of the founding institutional partners of the OpenNet Initiative and the Information Warfare Monitor.
One of SecDev's seminal reports is "Tracking Ghostnet," which was one of the first to uncover the details of Chinese actors' cyberespionage activities. The report, which was conducted jointly with researchers from the University of Toronto Citizen Lab, led to dozens of newspaper articles and preceded the more thorough exposition of cyberespionage activities by actors in China, including by hackers thought to be associated with the People's Liberation Army.
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