Maurice Mason is a Principal cybercrime investigator with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, where he assesses technological security threats to Microsoft and the impact of such threats on Microsoft’s business and customers. In his current role his expertise has significantly contributed to complex investigations and takedowns. Prior to his current role, he worked as a Senior Consultant on Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team “DART”, where he led and managed multiple incident response and threat-hunting engagements that focused on ransomware and cyber espionage.

Prior to joining Microsoft, he held various positions, both in the private sector and in the government, where he performed digital forensics and incident response in support of high-profile investigations. Maurice is a public speaker, having presented at Chainalysis Links, Digital Crimes Consortium (DCC), NCFTA Disruption and others.