Sean Cordes is an Associate Director with BreachQuest's Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Team. Based out of New York, Sean is responsible for managing the response to cybersecurity incidents, from first notification to reporting and recommendations. Sean has worked on cases from various industries, ranging from small one-employee operations to large global corporations.

Sean has a decade of experience in the digital forensics industry. Before joining BreachQuest, he was a senior manager of cyber investigations at one of the industry's most respected incident response teams. Before that, Sean's career spanned digital forensics, cybersecurity, and eDiscovery, focusing on fraud investigation in offshore financial centers. He has provided written affidavits as an expert in Bailiwick of Jersey, Cayman Islands, and US civil investigations. He is also an experienced and successful ransomware negotiator. 

Sean endeavors to be a trusted advisor and partner for clients who have experienced an incident. Whether a small business with an email compromise or a multinational corporation suffering a widespread attack, he brings his experience and strong communication skills to provide solutions and drive the best possible outcome for his clients. Sean's expertise lies in guiding organizations through the response process in a cooperative, coordinated manner and ensuring clients come away with a more robust security posture and a better understanding of the threat landscape. To this extent, Sean's active involvement in cyber threat intelligence and the dark web enables him to be a trusted advisor on the activity and behavior of a wide variety of threat actors globally.