Deepfake Ops: Into the Darkness (Mindsets, Tools, & Defense)

Perry Carpenter is a trusted advisor, speaker, and author with more than two decades of experience helping organizations turn security awareness into measurable behavior change. As Chief Human Risk Management Strategist at KnowBe4—the world’s largest security awareness and simulated phishing platform—he focuses on how adversaries exploit human nature and how to build resilient defenses. Perry’s fascination with deception began in childhood with magic and mentalism and matured into a career protecting people from digital manipulation and AI-driven scams. His books include Transformational Security Awareness (inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame), The Security Culture Playbook, and FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Decep(Wiley,

Cameron Malin is a Behavioral Profiler who specializes in understanding cyber adversaries—their motivations, intentions, emotions, and decision-making. Over more than 20 years with the FBI, including 11 in the Behavioral Analysis Unit, he helped create the Cyber Behavioral Analysis Center (CBAC) and the Deception & Influence Group (DIG). A former prosecutor and established information-security author, Cameron now applies Cyber Behavioral Profiling at Modus Cyberandi to help organizations anticipate and counter adversary behavior. His publications include Deception in the Digital Age and the Malware Forensics series, with a new book forthcoming in 2026 on synthetic media, deepfakes, and cyber deception.