Mark Fabro is the President and Senior Scientist of Lofty Perch, Inc. a market leading security consulting firm focused on SCADA and process control system cyber security. As well as being the Chairman of the Canadian Industrial Cyber Security Council, Mr. Fabro’s projects have include working with both the U.S. and Canadian national security community, and he was a contributing specialist to the U.S National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the cyber annex to the National Response Plan, and most recently the post-Katrina control system recovery plan for the Oil and Gas sector. Mr. Fabro is well known for his work with key organizations such as the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the DHS Control Systems Security Program, doing cyber security assessments, training, and developing recommended practices to industry.
He has a degree in applied physics and mathematics, and is currently working on his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Cyber Systems Security. Prior to Lofty Perch, Mr. Fabro has held several senior-level consulting positions, including Senior Manager at BearingPoint’s Security Practice, Chief Security Scientist in the Enterprise Security Group at American Management Systems, as well as the Worldwide Director of Assessment Services for Secure Computing Corporation.
For his work in cyber security and education, he was recognized as one of the ’25 Most Influential Consultants’ in the world by the market leading Consulting Magazine.