Tim Pappa

Tim Pappa is a Staff Incident Response Engineer - Cyber Deception Strategy, Content Development, and Marketing, Cyber Deception Operations, Walmart Global Tech.  Before Walmart Global Tech, Tim was a Supervisory Special Agent and profiler with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), where he specialized in cyber deception and cybercriminal behaviors.  Tim has presented and published at various academic and industry conferences, including Black Hat Asia, NDSS, IEEE Euro S&P, AAAI, RSAC, and the Honeynet Project.  Tim has also held various strategy and policy Fellow roles at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Aspen Institute.  Singapore-based publisher World Scientific published his first book, “Influencing the Influencers: Applying Whaley’s Communication and Deception Frameworks to Terrorism and Insurgent Narratives” in summer 2025.  He is currently writing No Starch Press’s first book on cyber deception.