Matt Chevraux

Matt Chevraux is a senior cybersecurity expert and law enforcement veteran, specializing in cybersecurity readiness, including conducting highly effective tabletop exercises. Mr. Chevraux’s expertise also includes incident response and complex investigations across all sectors of critical infrastructure and private industry. He is currently the practice lead for the healthcare sector.

Since joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Chevraux has provided clients with a wide range of cybersecurity services, including cybersecurity program assessments, incident response coordination involving ransomware and email compromise events, and complex investigations. Additionally, he has supported clients as an expert witness and through virtual Chief Information Security Officer (“vCISO”) duties.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Chevraux most recently served as Senior Supervisory Program Manager in the Office of Investigations and Criminal Investigative Division. During his more than 22-year career at the Secret Service, he conducted complex cyber investigations and coordinated the agency’s ongoing Cyber Incident Response Simulation series, which evaluated and enhanced how law enforcement and public and private sector organizations react, communicate and operate during cyber attacks to improve incident response and operational resilience.

As a Senior Supervisory Program Manager, Mr. Chevraux was responsible for cyber outreach, partnerships and stakeholder engagement. He frequently represented the Secret Service on cybersecurity panels, at incident response forums and by providing cyber-related presentations to various sectors of the industry speaking on current threat actor trends, tactics and procedures (“TTPs”), prevention strategies and best practices, and incident response considerations. He served as a liaison to the White House, the Federal Interagency, international law enforcement, public sector, private sector and academic partners. As an incident response facilitator, he developed, coordinated and conducted more than 40 cyber and operational resilience tabletop exercises to private sector partners in a nationwide effort to promote Secret Service investigation of cyber incidents, educate on cybersecurity best practices and improve incident response coordination.

Mr. Chevraux began his career with the Secret Service as a Special Agent in the Los Angeles Field Office, where he conducted computer forensics and complex cyber investigations involving network intrusions, identity theft, credit card fraud and CSAM. Mr. Chevraux then moved to the Presidential Protective Division, where he provided close protection to President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama. As part of his duties, he conducted site security planning for presidential visits domestically and overseas, coordinated daily operational functions and served as security lead for major onsite events at the White House, assisted in policy development and implementation and provided training and mentoring.

Awards & Recognition

• Recommended Data Expert, Lexology Index (2025)