Chris currently works as a Principal Technical Consultant - Security for a Chicago-based technology firm. Chris has been teaching at EMU for 11 years, building and delivering a variety of classes on different cybersecurity topics.
Industry Experience
Chris has worked in various cybersecurity roles since 2006, bringing significant industrial experience to the classroom. He works primarily with Fortune 500 companies to help improve their security practices against ever-evolving cybersecurity threats such as ransomware. Typical engagements include:
Cyber Resilience Assessments
Splunk Architecture
Delinea's Secret Server
Multifactor Authentication and identity source of truth using Active Directory, Azure Active Directory Duo and Okta.
Operating security, vulnerability management, public key infrastructure, and cyber-resilient backup design.
Interests and Expertise
Digital & Network Forensics
Incident Response
Cloud Computing Security
Vulnerability management
Cyber Recovery
Courses Taught
IA 103: Information Security Overview
IA 428: Digital Forensics II
IA 462: Advanced Operating Systems Security and Administration
IA 473: Network Forensics and Analytics
IT 356: Managing Virtualization and Cloud Computing
IA 455: Incident Response
IA 103: Introduction to Information Security
IA 425: CyberCrime
IA 329W: Policy Development in Information Assurance [GEWI]