Brian Bartholomew Brian Bartholomew is a US-based principal researcher with Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT). He has previously spoken at Virus Bulletin, CanSec West, SANS, SAS, as well as many closed-door private conferences. He was a co-author of 'Wave your false flags! Deception tactics muddying attribution in targeted attacks', published as part of the VB2016 conference proceedings. His career includes working for the US Department of State (2001-2009), overseas on a contract with another government (2009-2012), iSight Partners (2012-2015), and now with Kaspersky (2015-present).