Chris Christian

Current

• Network Security Engineer at Intel Corporation

Past

• Executive Producer at Doppler Effect Records
• Unix System Administration at Caterpillar Corporation
• Computing Consultant at Purdue University

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Education

• Purdue University
• KAMSC

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Networking

Websites

• My Website
• My Website

Chris Christian’s Summary

• Managed unfunded solo project to secure all internal E-Business systems communicating with Application DMZ platforms. Required parley with dozens of application project managers to arrange unscheduled downtime, virtual migrations of hundreds of servers and generation of thousands of lines of Router Access Control Lists and Firewall Policies to complete.
• Architected and deployed comprehensive multi tier Application DMZ network design requiring integration with all exiting and future platform owners to author internally written software to support the defense in depth model of network segmentation between public-tier web servers, middle-tier web services and back-tier database storage.
• Network enclave lead for all Sarbanes-Oxley compliant documentation, process, audit response and remediation.
• Key author for comprehensive DMZ and trusted zone policy documentation, risk assessment and exception process.
• Project lead for regular deployment of network software revisions upgrades requiring coordination with all B2B and B2C applications change control and negotiation of downtime windows in order to provide the most current and secure versions.
• Championed the replacement of Telnet with SSH for all perimeter network device remote administration and management.
• DMZ Lead for DNS segregation into external and internal BIND databases for entire corporation.
• Owner and technical operations lead for corporate FTP server utilized to share content with external vendors.
• Lead incident responder for numerous Virus & Worm excursion onto internal corporate networks leading to the creation of a Risk Assessment and Rapid Response teams that are now used to combat the issue proactively rather than reactively.
• Engineered, developed and deployed first IDS products utilized within corporation on perimeter DMZ networks. IDS product was used to perform forensic analysis for the single corporate web defacement occurring during the products tenure.

Chris Christian’s Specialties:

Trusted Zone Architecture, DMZ Networks

Chris Christian’s Experience

• Network Security Engineer

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Hardware industry)

  June 1996 — Present (12 years)

• Executive Producer

  Doppler Effect Records

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Music industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years)

• Unix System Administration

  Caterpillar Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAT; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  June 1994 — May 1996 (2 years)

• Computing Consultant

  Purdue University

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

  May 1993 — April 1995 (2 years)

Chris Christian’s Education

• Purdue University

  BS, AS, Information Technology, 1991 — 1996

• KAMSC

  High School, Mathematics & Science, 1986 — 1991

Additional Information

Chris Christian’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Website

Chris Christian’s Interests:

LEGO, Electronic Music, D&D, Doctor Who, Comic Books, Fantasy & Science Fiction Novels, Ferrets, Discogs.com

Chris Christian’s Groups:

DefCon, CanSecWest & DefCon

•    Purdue Alumni member
•    DEFCON member

Chris Christian’s Contact Settings

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