Cisco Systems

Christopher Hoff has over 19 years of experience in high-profile global roles in network and information security architecture, engineering, operations, product management and marketing with a passion for virtualization and all things Cloud.

Hoff is currently Director of Cloud and Virtualization Solutions of the Security Technology Business Unit at Cisco Systems. Prior to Cisco,he was Unisys Corporation’s Systems & Technology Division’s Chief Security Architect. Additionally, he served as Crossbeam Systems'’ Chief Security Strategist, was the Chief Information Security Officer for a $25 billion financial services company, and was founder/Chief Technology Officer of a national security consultancy. Hoff regularly speaks at high profile conferences, interviewed regularly by the media, is a featured guest on numerous podcasts and blogs at http://www.rationalsurvivability.com/blog. Hoff is a CISSP, CISA, CISM and NSA IAM. He was twice nominated as the Information Security Executive of the Year and won the Security 7 award in Financial Services in 2005.