Ms. Beckwith is a former state police officer, and federally sworn U.S. Marshal. She worked as a fraud investigator and digital forensic examiner for the State of Ohio and a Task Force Officer for the United States Secret Service in their Financial and Electronic Crimes division. She is an international speaker recognized in the field of information security, policy, and cybercrime.
Investigator Beckwith was trained by the United States Secret Service at the National Computer Forensics Institute in digital forensics, network investigations, network intrusion response and virtual currency investigations. She has worked with numerous local, state and federal law enforcement partners on criminal investigations including the FBI’s public corruption unit and Homeland Security Investigations. Recently Investigator Beckwith developed two cybersecurity training programs, teaching more than 1600 officers how to respond to cybercrime and over 4400 government employees on information security best practices. She is also Ohio’s first certified female police sniper.
