https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/buzzfeed-hires-anthony-ferrante-former-fbi-white-h/

Mr. Ferrante joined the FBI in 2005 and served as chief of staff of the bureau’s Cyber Division prior to joining the National Security Council a decade later, where he advised both the Obama and Trump administration on domestic and international cybersecurity threats before leaving for FTI in April.

Both FTI and Mr. Ferrante declined to comment, Foreign Policy reported.

“We can’t comment on the specific legal tools used to defend BuzzFeed’s First Amendment rights in this case,” said BuzzFeed spokesman Matt Mittenthal.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/fti-consulting/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/22/un-calls-for-probe-into-possible-hacking-of-bezos-/

The independent experts, Agnes Callamard, special rapporteur on summary executions and extrajudicial killings, and David Kaye, special rapporteur on freedom of expression, were appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council. They published their statement after reviewing the report conducted by FTI Consulting, which was hired by Bezos‘ security adviser to manage the investigation. The report was published in full exclusively by VICE’s Motherboard later on Wednesday.

https://www.fticonsulting.com/our-people/anthony-j-ferrante

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Ferrante served as Director for Cyber Incident Response at the U.S. National Security Council at the White House where he coordinated U.S. response to unfolding domestic and international cybersecurity crises and issues. Building on his extensive cybersecurity and incident response experience, he led the development and implementation of Presidential Policy Directive 41 – United States Cyber Incident Coordination, the federal government’s national policy guiding cyber incident response efforts.

Before joining the National Security Council, Mr. Ferrante was Chief of Staff of the FBI’s Cyber Division. He joined the FBI as a special agent in 2005, assigned to the FBI’s New York Field Office. In 2006, Mr. Ferrante was selected as a member of the FBI’s Cyber Action Team, a fly-team of experts who deploy globally to respond to the most critical cyber incidents on behalf of the U.S. Government.

Mr. Ferrante received the 2019 Global Leaders in Consulting award for his Excellence in Execution from Consulting Magazine. Additionally, in 2019, Mr. Ferrante and FTI Consulting were invited to partner with the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity to strengthen global cooperation for digital trust and security, secure future digital networks and technology, and build skills and capabilities for the digital future.