With over 18 years of experience in systems engineering and security, Mr. Farrow has assisted many Fortune 1000 companies secure their infrastructures. His background crosses several industries including the US Marine Corps, healthcare, manufacturing, investment banking and software development. Currently, Chris serves as the founder and Director of the Center for Policy & Compliance, a Research & Advisory group created by Configuresoft to address the issues of managing security within strict Metrics.

Prior to Configuresoft, Chris held positions as product manager and systems engineer for several well known vendors such NetIQ, Intrusion.com and BindView Corporation. An active industry resource on the topics of compliance, security management and remediation strategies, Chris co-founded the PCI Security Vendor Alliance and was the driving force to launch the CIS benchmark on Virtual Machine security. Chris has publicly spoken at numerous conferences including Blackhat, SANS, Gartner IT-Expo, InfoSec, ISSA and ISACA. Mr. Farrow is a SANS local mentor and SANS Stay Sharp instructor in Colorado Springs, CO and holds certifications from (ISC)2, ISACA, SANS, Microsoft and Novell.