John B. Furay 5th

John B. Furay 5th is a retired Senior Special Agent of the United States Secret Service, where he served from 1998 and held key roles in the Office of Protective Operations, Office of Investigations, Critical Systems Protection Program, and the National Incident Response Teams for Cyber Crimes. He was stationed at the Los Angeles Field Office and worked on the Cyber Fraud Task Force, Regional Digital Forensics Lab, and served as liaison to the City of Los Angeles on cyber and physical infrastructure security.

Currently, he is a Civilian Investigator with the Beverly Hills Police Department, assigned to the High-Tech Crimes Task Force and Digital Forensics Lab. He specializes in cybercrime investigations, digital forensics, cyber threat intelligence, and critical infrastructure protection.

Dr. Furay holds a Doctorate in Public Administration (1998) with a published dissertation on multi-jurisdictional task forces for domestic terrorism, a Juris Doctor (1996), a Master’s in History with Honors (1997), and a Bachelor’s degree Summa Cum Laude (1991). He is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Leadership in Homeland Security Program.

An experienced law enforcement and university lecturer, he teaches cybersecurity and digital forensics at the University of Southern California’s Price School and Safe Communities Institute, and at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School. He also lectures nationally and internationally, including for the FBI’s InfraGard Program on topics such as cybercrime, infrastructure security, and National Special Security Event (NSSE) operations.

He has coordinated operations for multiple NSSE and SEAR events, contributed to task forces across the U.S. and abroad, and worked with federal, state, municipal, and private sector partners on cyber and physical infrastructure protection.