Anthony J. Ferrante is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Cybersecurity at FTI Consulting. Mr. Ferrante is an expert in data security, compliance, privacy, national security, and cybersecurity readiness, prevention, incident response, remediation, recovery, and complex investigation services.
Mr. Ferrante has more than 25 years of top‐level cybersecurity experience, providing incident response and readiness planning to more than 1,000 private sector and government organizations, including more than 350 Fortune 500 companies and 90 Fortune 100 companies. He advises companies within the most regulated industries in the world, including finance and technology, on their toughest cybersecurity challenges, from regulation and legislation enforcement (including DFARS, HIPAA, ITAR, GDPR, CCPA, NYDFS, and PCI DSS) to expert witness litigation. Mr. Ferrante maintains first‐hand operational knowledge of more than 60 criminal and national security cyber threat sets and has extensive practical experience researching, designing, developing, and hacking technical applications and hardware systems, allowing for unparalleled client advisory and support in complex investigations and litigation.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Ferrante served as Director for Cyber Incident Response at the U.S. National Security Council at the White House where he coordinated U.S. response to unfolding domestic and international cybersecurity crises and issues. Building on his extensive cybersecurity and incident response experience, he led the development and implementation of Presidential Policy Directive 41 – United States Cyber Incident Coordination, the federal government’s national policy guiding cyber incident response efforts.
Before joining the National Security Council, Mr. Ferrante was Chief of Staff of the FBI’s Cyber Division. He joined the FBI as a special agent in 2005, assigned to the New York Field Office. In 2006, Mr. Ferrante was selected as a member of the FBI’s Cyber Action Team, a fly-team of experts who deploy globally to respond to the most critical cyber incidents on behalf of the U.S. Government.
Mr. Ferrante was an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where he served as the founder and co-director of the Master of Science in Cybersecurity program. During his time at Fordham University, he also served as the co-director of the undergraduate and graduate cybersecurity research program. He is now a member of the Fordham University Board of Trustees.
Mr. Ferrante received the Top Consultants 2024 Excellence in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy award and the 2019 Global Leaders in Consulting award for his Excellence in Execution, both from Consulting magazine. He has been recognized as a Data Expert by Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal) annually from 2021 to 2025, and in the global Cybersecurity Risk, Crisis & Risk Management Chambers & Partners 2021-2024 guides. The Consulting Report named Mr. Ferrante one of the Top 25 Technology Consultants and Leaders of 2023.
In August 2019, Mr. Ferrante summited Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world. He also completed the 2022, 2023, and 2025 TCS New York City Marathons.
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