Director, Cloud & Virtualization Solutions at Cisco Systems
Greater Boston Area
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- Director, Cloud & Virtualization Solutions at Cisco Systems
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- Chief Security Architect - Systems & Technology Division at Unisys
- Chief Architect, Security Innovation at Unisys
- Advisor at Skybox Security - Customer Advisory Board
- Chief Security Strategist at Crossbeam Systems
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) / Director of Enterprise Security Services at WesCorp
- Advisor at Qualys, Inc. - Customer Advisory Board
- Advisor at Verisign - Technical Advisory Board
- Founder/VP Strategic Security Services at NodeWarrior Networks, Inc.
- Principal Network Security Systems Engineering at Infonet Services Corporation
- Manager of Information Security & Network Operations at Information International, Inc.
- Engineering Support Manager / Network Systems Engineer at LAN Access
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Christofer Hoff’s Summary
Hoff has over 15 years of experience in high-profile global roles in network and information security architecture, engineering, operations and management.
Prior to his current position, he served as Crossbeam Systems' chief security strategist, was the CISO for a $25 billion financial services company and was founder/CTO of a national security consultancy and led the security engineering team of one of the first global managed network security service providers. Hoff is a prolific blogger and sought after speaker at leading security conferences.
Hoff is currently holds the following credentials: CISSP, CISA, CISM, NSA IAM
Christofer Hoff’s Specialties:
Information/Operational Risk Management Expertise with a consultative approach to enlightened governance and business-aligned security solutions. Network security, engineering and architecture with a focus on emerging technologies and disruptive innovation such as virtualization and cloud computing.
Christofer Hoff’s Experience
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Director, Cloud & Virtualization Solutions
Cisco Systems
(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
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Chief Security Architect - Systems & Technology Division
Unisys
(Public Company; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Unisys designs, builds and manages business-critical technology solutions for the most demanding enterprises and governments around the world with over $5B in revenue and 29,000 employees in 100 countries.
Responsible for solution and services global security architecture for Systems & Technology division focused on virtualization, realtime infrastructure and cloud computing. -
Chief Architect, Security Innovation
Unisys
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2007 — April 2008 (10 months)
Executive Architect reporting into VP of Global Business Innovation responsible for security architecture and innovation.
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Advisor
Skybox Security - Customer Advisory Board
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
2003 — 2008 (5 years )
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Chief Security Strategist
Crossbeam Systems
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
November 2005 — July 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Crossbeam Systems is the market leader in high-end unified threat management security service switches that protect the world’s largest networks of the Fortune 500 enterprises, service providers and mobile operators worldwide.
As the executive responsible for both corporate and product security strategies, I report directly to the CEO as a senior member of the company’s executive management team. The company’s product management and product marketing teams report to me.
I am responsible for the development of a clear, comprehensive and integrated security strategy that supports the delivery of sustainable market-leading security solutions consistent with customer requirements and market trends while providing long-term competitive advantage in the marketplace.
My responsibilities also include driving Innovation across the product roadmap and provide strategic guidance and support across engineering, product management, support, marketing and sales business units. -
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) / Director of Enterprise Security Services
WesCorp
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
April 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 8 months)
Christofer Hoff serves as WesCorp’s Chief Information Security Officer and Director of Enterprise Security Services. WesCorp is the country’s largest Federal Corporate Credit Union with assets totaling $25 Billion.
Hoff is responsible for WesCorp’s Enterprise Security initiatives focused on providing internal business units and credit union members with rational information security risk management services and a consultative approach to information security focused on adding value and solving business problems.
Hoff is tasked with the overall responsibility to provide and support a secure computing environment for WesCorp. This includes the creation and security life-cycle management of policies, procedures and information security governance including regulatory compliance efforts in alignment to the goals of the business. Hoff also oversees the Enterprise security technology architecture, implementation and management for WesCorp. -
Advisor
Qualys, Inc. - Customer Advisory Board
(Computer & Network Security industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
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Advisor
Verisign - Technical Advisory Board
(Public Company; Computer & Network Security industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
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Founder/VP Strategic Security Services
NodeWarrior Networks, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
1997 — 2003 (6 years )
A privately owned, venture-funded security engineering and integration consulting
company which provided technology, security engineering, consulting and information risk management expertise to Fortune 1000 customers and service providers.
Responsible for network security engineering and technology design, integration and support functions. Multi-million dollar P&L responsibility and direct management of technical employees and contractors. Managed all vendor relationships including Check Point, Nokia, ISS, RSA, Sonicwall, Cisco, Foundry, Nortel, Bluecoat, Extreme, and f5.
Responsible for the business development efforts which included the design and
management of network security services engineering and consulting services, co-location facilities perimeter and internal network security, intrusion detection, forensics, and incident response services. -
Principal Network Security Systems Engineering
Infonet Services Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
March 1996 — April 1997 (1 year 2 months)
Team leader of the Solutions Engineering Services/Center of Excellence.
Responsible for the engineering, design, implementation and third level support of Infonet’s Global Managed Security Services for customers worldwide. Managed internal security systems including the deployment and administration of the internal Corporate firewall systems and auditing infrastructures for worldwide compliance.
One of four members of the technical team reporting to the CTO & CEO responsible for the company wide definition of network and security standards and deployment practices in the global network infrastructure. As the team lead of this nascent group, some of my duties included: Global architecture design, engineering and deployment of two-factor network authentication service. Architecture, engineering and deployment of Infonet’s Global Managed Firewall Services deployed to service companies on three continents servicing over 152
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Manager of Information Security & Network Operations
Information International, Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
March 1995 — March 1996 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for all information security initiatives including perimeter and Internet security operations including site security audits, security policy and procedure development, and distributed firewall/NAT implementations. Directly responsible for the design, implementation and support of both in-house network infrastructure and customer extranet integration. Managed heterogeneous computing infrastructure deployment.
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Engineering Support Manager / Network Systems Engineer
LAN Access
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
November 1993 — March 1995 (1 year 5 months)
Provided product development, testing and elemental design support of LAN Access’ ASIC-based multi-protocol remote access/VPN appliance. These efforts included complex integration of the Company’s technology solutions in large heterogeneous environments and all internal IS/IT functions. Interfaced between marketing, sales and engineering teams to provide facilitated practical guidance for product development.
Additional Information
Christofer Hoff’s Websites:
Christofer Hoff’s Groups:
BeanSec, SecTwits, Cloud Security Alliance, ISSA, ISACA, ISC2, Infragard
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Data Ownership in the Cloud
Christofer Hoff’s Honors:
2004 National Information Security Executive of the year nominee, 2005 National Information Security Executive of the year nominee, 2005 Security 7 Award Winner (Financial Services)
