Chris Fry
InfoSec Investigations Manager Public Division: Cisco CSIRT
Chris Fry has been a member of the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) at Cisco Systems, Inc for 10 years, focusing on deployment of intrusion detection, network monitoring tools, and incident investigation. He began his career at Cisco in 1997 as an IT analyst, supporting Cisco's production services. His four years as a Network Engineer in Cisco IT's internal network support organization give him valuable knowledge about and unique insight into monitoring production enterprise networks.
In his current role as an Investigations Manager with CSIRT he helps to ensure company, system, and data preservation by performing comprehensive investigations into computer security incidents. Current projects and focus are on planning, implementing, and monitoring security measures that utilize collaborative intelligence to detect and prevent advanced threats. Chris contributes to the security community as a presenter at CiscoLive, an author with O'Reilly Media (http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596518165.do), participating in CiscoOnCisco projects(http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ciscoitatwork/index.html), and regular engagement with customers as a trusted advisor via Cisco's Executive Briefing Center (http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac156/about_cisco_visiting_cisco_home.html).
Chris holds a BA in Corporate Financial Analysis and an MS in Information and Communication Sciences from Ball State University. He lives near Raleigh, NC with his wife, 3 kids, and 3 dogs.
The Cisco CSIRT can be contacted from the RFC 2350 page on www.cisco.com.
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/csirt_rfc2350.html
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