Dr. Megan Squire
Principal, Parity Bit Research
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Dr. Megan Squire is an expert in tracing illicit finance, with a focus on political extremism and cybercriminal organizations. She is currently the principal investigator at Parity Bit Research, and a cyber threat intelligence researcher at a leading consumer cybersecurity company. The author of two books on data cleaning and mining, Dr. Squire has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, earning multiple Best Paper awards for her work on cryptocurrency and illicit financing. She is also a former tenured professor of Computer Science at Elon University, where she was named Distinguished Scholar in 2017.
At the Summit
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
