What do the front line protectors of this world need to be aware of when the adversary’s turn tech on them? No longer is it just a matter of catching bullets. Physical security teams now have more to consider. We give an insight to the world of close protection, the threat landscape and how they could be attacked.
Chrissy heads up the IT Security Operations for a Close Protection company by day and is a Security Researcher by night. Being an ex-Bodyguard herself, she brings this unique perception into the community and currently undertakes security research to help protect her the guys on the front-line. She is actively involved within the information security community across a wealth of subjects including the rights for researchers within vulnerability disclosure. As a recent masters graduate, she has accomplished the following successes so far: Winner of Cyber Security Challenge UK (University Challenge – Team Edinburgh Napier), Finalist for Pragyan CTF, A BlackHat Challenge Coin winner for OSINT from Social Engineer.org and Black Hat Scholarship, the Steelcon Award, a WISP Sponsorship, she was the BSides London Rookie Track Winner for 2018 and lastly finalist for (ISC)² up and coming information security professional for 2019.