Ken Westbrook
Ken Westbrook is the Founder and CEO of Stop Scams Alliance and a distinguished fellow at the Wilson Center. A 33-year veteran of the US Intelligence Community, he served at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). He subsequently held senior positions with two Fortune 500 software firms, co-invented a patented security technology, and created and taught a course in Information Management at Georgetown University.
The Cipher Brief broke new ground when it published my piece addressing scams as a national security issue in December 2023. Two years later, there is broad consensus that transnational criminals are [...] More
“Cripple the economies of the US and Europe.” That’s what fraudsters in Southeast Asia chant each morning as they bend over their keyboards to begin the daily work of scamming our fellow Americans [...] More
