John Fokker

Principal Engineer & Head of Cyber Investigations

John is a Principal Engineer and Head of Cyber Investigations for Trellix Threat Labs. He was previously Head of Cyber Investigations for McAfee Enterprise’s Advanced Threat Research team. Prior, he worked at the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), the Dutch national police unit dedicated to investigating advanced forms of cybercrime. Within NHTCU he led the data science group focused on threat intelligence research. During his career he has supervised numerous large-scale cybercrime investigations and takedowns. John is also one of the cofounders of the NoMoreRansom Project. He started his career with the Netherlands Police Agency as a digital forensics investigator within a task force against organized crime. Before joining the national police, he served in the special operations and counterterrorism group of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps.