Chris Yates

Chris Yates is a Senior Security Architect for Critical Start. Chris has more than 25 years of IT experience, including a decade focused on Information Security. As a Department of Defense employee, he spent 14 years in the public sector. In the private sector, his experience spans the transportation, electric utility, and healthcare industries. A recognized speaker at regional and national security conferences, Yates has delivered insights on security architecture, the security impacts of converged infrastructure, and next generation security tools. He also teaches networking and network security at Southern Nazarene as an adjunct professor.