Christopher Cruz is the Cyber Program Manager for the Virginia Fusion Center, which provides a vital conduit for intelligence collection and information exchange throughout the Commonwealth. He is responsible for the development, management, and integration of cybersecurity capabilities within the fusion center. Previously, Christopher was the Cybersecurity Program Manager for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, where he was assigned to work in the Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security. He also spent several years in private sector working for multiple Fortune 500 companies leading global security efforts around insider threat, data protection, and IT risk management.
Hacker, Hipster, Hustler, Humanist: Establishing the Government’s Role in Public Interest Cybersecurity (<– add to your schedule)
Public interest cybersecurity is the application cybersecurity measures and strategies to protect critical infrastructure, non-profits, state & local governments, schools, healthcare facilities, and other institutes that primarily seek to serve the public good.