
Jeffrey Caruso
Founder, Suits and Spooks
Creator, Montana Intelligence Summit (MI:1)
Jeffrey Caruso is an internationally recognized cybersecurity analyst, author, and convenor working at the intersection of intelligence, technology, and media. He is the founder of Suits and Spooks, a long-running security summit series that brings together senior intelligence professionals, technologists, policymakers, and storytellers to examine the real-world consequences of national security narratives. Since 2011, Suits and Spooks events have been held in Washington, D.C., New York, and London, with the Montana Intelligence Summit (MI:1) representing its next evolution.
Caruso is the author of Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld (O’Reilly Media), a foundational work on state and non-state cyber conflict that has been cited by government, military, and academic institutions worldwide. His research and analysis have focused extensively on Russian and Chinese cyber operations, information warfare, and the strategic misuse of digital platforms.
From 2011 to 2017, Caruso served as Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Taia Global, Inc., where he provided cybersecurity consulting, due diligence investigations, and post-breach analysis for corporate and government-adjacent clients, including work supporting major defense and security organizations. Earlier in his career, he founded Project Grey Goose, a pioneering open-source intelligence initiative examining Russia’s cyber operations during the Russia–Georgia conflict.
Caruso has briefed and spoken before a wide range of audiences, including the Defense Intelligence Agency, the CIA Open Source Center, NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, the U.S. Army War College, and international security forums in Europe and Asia. His commentary has appeared in outlets including CNN, NPR, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
He began his career as a technical writer at Microsoft and other technology firms, following earlier service in the United States Coast Guard. Today, his work focuses on bridging the gap between intelligence professionals and the entertainment industry, with an emphasis on ethics, narrative power, and strategic consequence.