Chet Hosmer
Executive Vice President, Forensics & Training
Editorial Board
Journal of Digital Forensic Practice
In addition to serving as GCR’s EVP of Forensics and Training, Chet Hosmer is the Founder and Chief Scientist at Python Forensics, Inc. He is the former founder and Sr. Vice President and Chief Scientist of WetStone Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Allen Corporation of America. He has over 30 years of experience in developing high technology software and hardware products and information security technologies, with specialty areas including: trusted time, biometric liveness, data exfiltration, malicious code and steganography and watermarking, cyber forensics and intrusion detection and response.
Mr. Hosmer has led research and development projects in the creation of products and technology used in forensic investigations, government projects, and tools for law enforcement and emergency first responders. He has successfully served as the principal investigator on over 30 cyber security funded research efforts. These efforts have been sponsored by Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Army Research Lab (ARL) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
Mr. holds a B.S. Degree in Computer Science from Syracuse University He is a visiting professor at Utica College in the Cyber Security Graduate Program and an Adjunct professor at Champlain College in the Digital Forensics Graduate Program.
