About
Eric O’Neill is an attorney, security consultant and professional public speaker. He has over twenty years of legal experience as in house counsel and external counsel representing both the public and private sector. Eric focuses his practice as an outside General Counsel to companies requiring counsel in Corporate Governance, Compliance and Ethics, Internal Investigations, Business Transactions, Non-Profit and International Development, Cybersecurity and M&A. He also leads, The Georgetown Group, a risk consultancy and competitive intelligence firm.
He has served as the General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer for Global Communities, a global humanitarian relief and development organization. Prior to that he practiced law at DLP Piper as a government contracts, government affairs and national security attorney and founded The Georgetown Group, a competitive intelligence consultancy out of Washington, DC. Eric also served as an FBI undercover counterintelligence and counterterrorism operative. In 2001, he conducted an undercover investigation to capture the most notorious spy in United States history: Robert Hanssen, a 25-year veteran of the FBI. The remarkable true events of Eric’s life are the inspiration behind the critically acclaimed dramatic thriller Breach, starring Ryan Philippe as O’Neill. Eric is also the author of Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, and the forthcoming book The Invisible Threat (Harper Collins 2025).
Eric is an honors graduate of Auburn University and the George Washington University School of Law. He is also an in-demand speaker. With his lively style and stories from the dark web, Eric delivers bespoke keynotes on the rise of sinister cyberattacks, AI-generated threats, and more—plus, how to keep your money and your reputation safe.
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