Charles Carmakal
Chief Technology Officer, Mandiant
Charles Carmakal is the Chief Technology Officer of Mandiant Consulting, the security consulting organization of Google Cloud. He oversees a team of incident responders, analysts, and security consultants that have helped thousands of organizations respond to complex security breaches orchestrated by foreign governments and organized criminals. Charles led the teams that responded to some of the most impactful security events in history, including the discovery of the SolarWinds supply chain attack, the Colonial Pipeline cyber disruption, and the attack against Change Healthcare (UnitedHealth Group). Charles has over 20 years of experience helping organizations become more resilient to cyberattacks.
Charles has significant experience helping Fortune 500 organizations build and enhance security programs to combat advanced attacks. He helps enterprises securely leverage AI solutions to scale business operations and enhance cyber defense capabilities. Charles’ team has identified and remediated critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in AI solutions deployed by many enterprises. He provides strategic security guidance to executive leadership. Charles serves as a cybersecurity advisor to public company boards.
Charles has testified before Congress on multiple cybersecurity topics. He is regularly interviewed by mainstream media organizations and has been included in hundreds of television and print stories on cybersecurity topics.
Charles is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and teaches a graduate-level cybersecurity course within the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Prior toworking at Mandiant, Charles was a Director at PwC in the United States and Australia.