Gavin de Becker

In March 2019, De Becker, who has worked for The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, accused the Saudi Arabian government of hacking Bezos' phone. According to the BBC, de Becker, as Bezos' top security staffer, "linked the hack to The Washington Post's coverage of the murder of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul." The Daily Beast ran an op-Ed in which De Becker explained the matter of the Saudi hack in detail.

In 2008, Oprah Winfrey dedicated a show to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the publication of the book. In the last year of her show, she dedicated two hour-long shows to de Becker's work in domestic violence.

Together with the United States Marshals Service, he co-designed the MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems, which is used to screen threats to Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, members of United States Congress, and senior officials of the Central Intelligence Agency. Los Angeles County Law enforcement agencies adopted MOSAIC in 1997 to help police manage and reduce spousal abuse cases that might escalate to homicide.

In 1997, his firm was hired by Bill Cosby to investigate the murder of his son, Ennis.

De Becker testified in the successful 1994 civil case arising when The Globe tabloid accused an uninvolved man of being the actual assassin of Senator Robert Kennedy (Khawar vs Globe International, Inc). Globe tried to get de Becker's testimony thrown out by a higher court; however, it was ultimately upheld by the California Court of Appeals.

Gavin de Becker (born October 26, 1954) is an American author and security specialist, primarily for governments, large corporations, and public figures. He is the founder and chairman of Gavin de Becker and Associates.