Chet Hosmer is the founder of Python Forensics, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on the collaborative development of open source investigative technologies using Python and other popular scripting languages. He has been researching and developing technology and training surrounding forensics, digital investigation, and steganography for decades. He has made numerous appearances to discuss emerging cyber threats, including National Public Radio's Kojo Nnamdi show, ABC's Primetime Thursday, and ABC News Australia. He has also been a frequent contributor to technical and news stories relating to cyber security and forensics with IEEE, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Government Computer News, Salon.com, and Wired Magazine.

Chet is the author of six recent books: Defending IoT Infrastructures with the Raspberry Pi (Apress), Passive Python Network Mapping, Python Forensics, Integrating Python with Leading ComputerForensic Platforms, Data Hiding (co-authored with Mike Raggo), Executing Windows Command Line Investigation (co-authored with Joshua Bartolomie and Rosanne Pelli).

Chet serves as a visiting professor at Utica College in the cybersecurity graduate program where his research and teaching focus on advanced steganography/data hiding methods and the latest active cyber defense methods and techniques. He also is an adjunct professor at Champlain College, where his research and teaching focus is on applying Python and other scripting languages to solve challenging problems in digital investigation and forensics.

Chet resides on the Grand Strand of South Carolina with his wife Janet, son Matthew, two Labrador retrievers (Bailey and Vinny), and feline tenants Lucy, Sasha, and Evander.