Chris Brown is an experienced information security strategist and consultant with over 12 years experience in information security. With 5 years in security management as an corporate officer, 2 years mixed technical and strategy security consulting, and 2 years managing IT operations, he has a breadth of experience that allows him to move into any situation, solve problems, and deliver value.

Formerly the Privacy and Information Security Officer for Independent Health, Chris brought a risk management and business operations focus the security program. He also recognized dependencies that the information security program had on other organizational processes. As a result he started initiatives to implement change management, control, security risk assessment, operational risk assessment, project risk assessment, process improvement, IT work-flow management, vendor management, and initiated process improvements in specific operational areas.

Previsously, Mr. Brown was Senior Consultant in the CTG Information Security Solutions practice. In addition to being a consultant, Mr. Brown was concurrently serving as the Manager of Information Security for CTG. He has also served as CTG's Global Manager of IT Infrastructure and Operations.

His technical background includes a variety of experiences as a system and network administrator and analyst, and he has experience in web application development, network architecture, and in the planning, design and development of business critical applications.

Mr. Brown is also the founder and current president of the Information System Security Association (ISSA) Buffalo Niagara chapter. He is past president of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Western New York chapter. He has also served as a member of various Information Systems Security Association committees. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of New York at Buffalo.