Christopher Harrington, a former Naval Intelligence analyst, brings over 18 years of Information System and Security experience including secure network design, enterprise IDS / IPS deployments, Network Access Control and security incident handling and response. Currently holding the position of Consultant Security Engineer with EMC’s Critical Incident Response Center and having held senior Information Systems & Security positions with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, AllSecure Networks (as CTO), NitroSecurity (as CTO), National Security Agency (NSA), NMI InfoSecurity Solutions, and CertCo. Chris operates an Information Security blog and podcast at www.infosecpodcast.com.
Chris holds the CISSP certification and is an active member of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) where he is one of the founders of the New Hampshire and past Vice President and Secretary, the Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) and the FBI’s Infragard program. As a recognized expert in the security field, Chris has spoken on security topics for SANS, SecureWorld Expo and NERCOMP / Educause.
Specialties
Network / System and architecture design with a strong emphasis on security technologies including Intrusion Detection / Prevention ( IPS ), Network Access Control ( NAC ), Public Key Cryptography and Infrastructure ( PKI ). Specific emphasis on architecting solutions to detect, analyze and remediate Advanced Persistent Threats ( APT ).
Chris can be contacted at: chris@infosecpodcast.com
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