Chris Thompson is Red Team Operations Lead at IBM X-Force Red. He's responsible for planning, overseeing, and conducting red teaming engagements at X-Force Red. He has extensive experience performing penetration testing and red teaming for clients in a wide variety of industries. He's led red teaming operations against defense contractors and some of North America's largest banks. Chris on the board for CREST USA (crest-approved.org), working to help mature the testing industry. Chris also teaches Network & Mobile Pentesting at one of Canada's largest technical schools, SAIT. He will be speaking at a number of security conferences this year, including at SecTor, Wild West Hacking Fest, BSides YCC, and Defcon.
