Mr. Devost is President of Total Intelligence Solutions, LLC, also serving as the President and CEO of the Terrorism Research Center which he co-founded in 1996, overseeing all research, analysis, intelligence, assessment, and training programs.In addition to his duties as President, Mr. Devost also provides strategic consulting services to select international governments and corporations on issues of counter-terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, and homeland security. Mr. Devost also co-founded and serves as Executive Director of Technical Defense, Inc., a highly specialized information security consultancy. Mr. Devost also holds an Adjunct Professor position at Georgetown University.

Previously, Mr. Devost was the Director of Operations for Professional Services at Counterpane Internet Security. At Counterpane, Mr. Devost led a team of technical information security consultants providing vulnerability assessments and information security consulting services to international corporations and governments. Mr. Devost had performed the same function as Director of Operations for Security Design International, Inc, which was acquired by Counterpane Internet Security.

Mr. Devost has been researching the impact of information technology on national security since 1993. Prior to joining SDII, he was the Director of Intelligence Analysis for Infrastructure Defense (iDefense), where he led an analytical team identifying infrastructure threats, vulnerabilities and incidents for Fortune 500 and government clients including Microsoft and Citigroup.

As a Senior INFOSEC Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Mr. Devost provided support on Information Operations and its related subsets to the Department of Defense Community to include the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Joint Staff and unified Commands, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Manager - National Communication System, and numerous other defense, intelligence, and law enforcement entities.

Mr. Devost has also worked for the United States Customs Service and as a graduate fellow at the University of Vermont. As a graduate fellow, he conducted research on national security and information warfare that culminated into a thesis entitled "National Security in the Information Age."

Mr. Devost has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, NPR, CBS News, BBC television, NWCN, Australian television and dozens other domestic and international radio and television programs as an expert on terrorism and information warfare and has lectured or published for the National Defense University, the United States Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities, the Swedish, Australian and New Zealand governments, Georgetown University, American University, George Washington University, and a number of popular press books - magazines, academic journals and over 200 international conferences.

In 2004, Mr. Devost was appointed to the Defense Science Board Task Force on Critical Homeland Infrastructure Protection to provide advice to the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Devost serves as a Senior Advisor to the Airline Pilots Association National Security Committee, was a founding Director of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, and is and adjunct member of the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group.

Mr. Devost holds a B.A. degree from St. Michael's College and a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Vermont.