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Overview
Matt Morris is a cyber-physical systems security & resilience executive working at the intersection of national security, critical infrastructure, and operational resilience. He has advised federal agencies, supported global media coverage, and briefed institutional audiences on how digital technologies influence national security and safety-critical infrastructure.
His analysis has informed media, government, and industry leaders seeking clarity on how emerging technologies affect physical systems, geopolitical stability, and infrastructure modernization.
This page contains press-ready bios, talking points, media coverage, and contact information for interviews, briefings, and events.
Topics & Angles for Media
Cyber-Physical Systems & OT Security
ICS/OT security & critical infrastructure risk
Operational technology modernization
Industrial control systems as national security surface
National Security & Critical Infrastructure
Grid reliability & industrial resilience
Federal programs & standards evolution
Supply chain & geopolitical risk (CRINK perspective)
Governance, Boards & Institutional Risk
System-level risk & operational resilience
CPS failure modes vs cybersecurity incidents
Executive accountability & regulatory pressure
AI in Safety-Critical Environments
Model risk in physical systems
AI governance across industrial and government systems
“AI as a liability surface” framing for boards and CISOs
Selected Coverage & Appearances
Global, National & Industry Media
ABC News — Commentary on cyber risk posed to critical infrastructure (Texas ERCOT reliability issues)
Forbes — Industrial cybersecurity & CPS analysis, CCE/CIE for Infrastructure resilience, AI in CPS
Industrial Cyber — CPS/OT sector insights, CCE, CIE, OT security skills gap
T&D World — Commentary on the state of affairs in the industry 2 years Post-Colonial Pipelines
White House Chronicles -- OT versus IT security, and a call for a new approach to CPS security
Industrial Safety & Security Source -- Commentary on Managed Threat Detection & Response
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing — Industrial cybersecurity essential for pharmaceutical companies
Metro UK — Commentary on taking down North Korea by cyber means
CIO Review — Safeguarding Industrial Control Networks
Industry Podcasts —
Government & Institutional Engagements
White House ONCD — Advisor on CPS security and National Security policy
U.S. Department of Energy (CESER) — Industry representation for OT/ICS and advisor for policy considerations
DHS CISA — Industry representation for OT/ICS and advisor for policy considerations
Idaho National Laboratory — CCE & CIE — cyber-informed risk frameworks for physical and digital infrastructure
Matt Morris builds what critical infrastructure operators need and rarely get: security and resilience engineered for environments where failure isn't an outage — it's a consequence. At Everline, a private-equity-backed critical infrastructure services company, he leads an integrated Security & Resilience practice that unifies cybersecurity, physical security, and operational resilience into a single, consequence-driven discipline — purpose-built for OT and high-consequence operations, not retrofitted from IT. He previously built the Security & Risk Consulting practice at 1898 & Co. (Burns & McDonnell) from zero to Global Managing Director, has advised ONCD, DOE CESER, and DHS CISA, and coined the terms CPS/IT and CPS/OT. Based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Media Bio
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Critical infrastructure operators face converged risk—cyber, physical, and operational failure are now the same event. Yet much of the market still responds with fragmented, IT-centric solutions disconnected from operational consequence. Matt Morris built his career closing that gap.
At Everline, a private-equity-backed critical infrastructure services company, Matt leads an integrated Security & Resilience practice that unifies cybersecurity, physical security, and operational resilience into a single consequence-driven discipline. The practice is purpose-built for OT, industrial control systems, and high-consequence environments where a security failure is not simply an IT incident—it is a safety event, regulatory exposure, operational disruption, or community impact. Rather than one-time assessments, the model centers on continuous intelligence, advisory partnership, and operational resilience.
Over more than 15 years with Cisco, Siemens Energy, Landis+Gyr, and 1898 & Co., Matt built the Security & Risk Consulting practice from inception into a nationally recognized capability, ultimately reaching Global Managing Director—the firm's senior leadership tier—in a practice he created from zero.
His work includes engagements with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as well as collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory on Cyber-Informed Engineering and Consequence-Driven Cyber-Informed Engineering (CCE). He also coined the terms CPS/IT and CPS/OT to describe the convergence layer between enterprise security and industrial operations.
Based in Atlanta, Matt advises executive teams and boards responsible for critical infrastructure modernization, resilience, and security decisions where operational consequence—not compliance alone—defines success.