Christophe Veltsos aka Dr. InfoSec™

Current

• Chief Blogging Officer at Dr.InfoSec™
• President at Mankato Chapter ISSA
• President at Prudent Security LLC

• Tenured Faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Education

• Iowa State University
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Fenelon

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Christophe Veltsos aka Dr. InfoSec™’s Summary

Chris Veltsos is a faculty member in the Department of Information Systems & Technology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He regularly teaches Information Security and Information Warfare classes as well as oversees the department's Internship program.

Chris is the President of PrudentSecurity LLC, an information security and privacy consulting company based in Mankato, MN. Chris is also the Chief Blogging Officer at DrInfoSec.com, a security blog featuring news, commentary, and interesting quotes. In addition to his faculty and consulting work, Chris is President of the Mankato Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA).

In 2008, Chris spent six months as a member of the Editorial Board of the SANS NewsBites, a semi-weekly information security electronic newsletter reaching over 180,000 readers. His comments have appeared in 27 of the 43 NewsBites issues he was associated with.

Training attended: ISO 27001 Lead Auditor training (2009)

Christophe Veltsos aka Dr. InfoSec™’s Specialties:

Certifications: CISSP, CISA, CIPP, GCFA

Specialties: Information security assessments, information security auditing, data privacy, information security education, and incident response.

Christophe Veltsos aka Dr. InfoSec™’s Experience

• Chief Blogging Officer

  Dr.InfoSec™

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Seeking to diagnose and treat everyday information security problems.

• President

  Mankato Chapter ISSA

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  December 2007 — Present (2 years )

• President

  Prudent Security LLC

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

• Tenured Faculty

  Minnesota State University, Mankato

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1998 — Present (11 years 4 months)

  Tenured faculty in the Department of Information Systems and Technology (formerly Department of Computer & Information Sciences).

Additional Information

Christophe Veltsos aka Dr. InfoSec™’s Groups:

InfraGard - Minnesota Chapter, Information Systems Security Association, ISSA, International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, ISC2, Information Systems Audit and Control Association, ISACA, Institute for Computer Forensic Professionals, ICFP, High Technology Crime Investigation Association, HTCIA, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, ACFE, Association of Computing Machinery, ACM,
Dr. Veltsos is also serving on, SysAdmin Audit Network Security Institute, SANS, EDU Advisory Board, and, SANS Global Information Assurance Certification, GIAC, Advisory Board

•    Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
•    Information Security Expert Center
•    Executive Suite
•    Twin Cities Privacy Network
•    The Security Catalyst Community
•    CISO: Meaningful Metrics
•    Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
•    Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
•    ISECOM
•    IT Governance
•    GIAC, Global Information Assurance Certification
•    Information Security Community
•    Certified Information Systems Auditor
•    Speakers and Panelists
•    National Information Security Group
•    IT SECURITY EXPERT
•    PaulDotCom Security Weekly
•    Computer Security and Forensics
•    High Technology Crime Investigation Association
•    Minnesota State University Mankato Alumni Association
•    ISACA Professionals
•    GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst
•    Global Security Professional
•    IT audit
•    SecurityMetrics
•    IT Governance Institute
•    Information Security Experts
•    Security Bloggers Network
•    Global Information Security Professionals
•    Security Industry Group
•    Information Security Network
•    Electronic Discovery Group
•    InLinked Cyber Crimes Group
•    Governance, Risk and Compliance Management (GRC)
•    IT Security and Audit Professionals
•    Security Leaders Group
•    Security Podcasts
•    Security Twits
•    THE ART OF WAR - The Strategies of Sun Tzu
•    Mankato Chapter ISSA
•    Syngress
•    Minnesota Security Community
•    CYBER SECURITY Forum Initiative - CSFI
•    Computer Security Institute (CSI)
•    Cloud Security Alliance
•    American Board of Information Security and Computer Forensics
•    Security Bloggers Meet Up
•    Techno Security & Digital Investigations Conference

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