Steve Grobman

Chief Technology Officer

Steve Grobman sets the technical strategy and direction to create technologies that protect smart, connected computing devices and infrastructure worldwide. Grobman leads McAfee’s development of next generation cyber-defense and data science technologies, and threat and vulnerability research.

Prior to joining McAfee, he dedicated more than two decades to senior technical leadership positions related to cybersecurity at Intel Corporation where he was an Intel Fellow.

He has written numerous technical papers and books and holds 30 U.S. patents. He earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from North Carolina State University.

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Internet Security

Staying Cyber Aware and Safer from Ransomware

McAfee’s CTO, Steve Grobman discusses the threat of ransomware, what it is, how it affects you, and...

Oct 25, 2021 | 3 MIN READ

McAfee News

It’s All About You: McAfee’s New All-Consumer Focus

This week, McAfee took an exciting new step in our journey—we are now a pure-play consumer company....

Jul 28, 2021 | 2 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

Why SolarWinds-SUNBURST is a Wake up Call

On December 13, 2020, FireEye announced that threat actors had compromised SolarWinds’s Orion IT monitoring and management...

Dec 23, 2020 | 5 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

US County Election Websites (Still) Fail to Fulfill Basic Security Measures

In January 2020, McAfee released the results of a survey establishing the extent of the use of...

Oct 07, 2020 | 10 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

McAfee Surveys Cyber-Threats in the Age of Coronavirus

Change is a constant in technology, and the greatest changes are often driven by major events that...

May 06, 2020 | 7 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

COVID-19 & Voting: When Paper is the Safest Election Technology

There are concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic will discourage voters from turning out to vote in person...

Mar 25, 2020 | 5 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

Cloud Security and Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Sector

I recently had the honor of testifying before the House Financial Services Committee’s Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence...

Dec 05, 2019 | 3 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

A Robust Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Is Key To Our National Security

The Federal government has long struggled to close the cybersecurity workforce gap. The problem has continued to...

Jun 05, 2019 | 2 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

McAfee CTO @ RSA: Catching Lightning in a Bottle or Burning Bridges to the Future?

I spoke last week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on the subject of AI related...

Mar 14, 2019 | 7 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

State County Authorities Fail at Midterm Election Internet Security

One of the things we at McAfee have been looking at this midterm election season is the...

Oct 24, 2018 | 10 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

Perspectives On Securing Our Election Systems

I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel at CyberScoop’s CyberTalks event this week, which coincides...

Apr 18, 2018 | 5 MIN READ

Executive Perspectives

World Economic Forum Sets High Bar on Public-Private Cybersecurity Partnerships

This week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland featured the launch of the World Economic Forum...

Jan 30, 2018 | 6 MIN READ

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