Here is a brief description of my professional life.  To be clear, this website while it may reference my employer's good works, consists of my own thoughts & opinions. 

   I have a day job, I server as a Senior Security Advisor to the Chief Security Officer of Cisco, where I focus on intellectual property strategies. In addition to being the senior security advisor, I lead a number of teams within the Corporate Security Programs Office:  the Global Investigate Support team, providing investigative forensic support to the enterprise; the Government Security Office, addressing global national industrial security support and administration; and the Global Threat Analysis team providing geopolitical, economic and security analysis.

    Prior to joining Cisco, I was a national security executive for more than 30 years. I lived and worked in South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Central Europe and Latin America where I acquired a deep understanding of the people, cultures and business practices in these respective areas.

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Board Memberships:
SC Magazine – Editorial Advisory Board (2008-present)
Atigeo LLC – Advisory Board (2006-present)
Vadium Technologies – Advisory Board (2006-2008)
Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted – Board of Directors (Non-profit -2009)
Northwest Harvest – (volunteer spokesperson 2008-2009)
Survivors in Action – Advisory Board of Directors (Non-Profit -2009)

Organizations:
Youth Internet Safety Taskforce – Washington Attorney General’s Office (2008-present)
Infragard (FBI) – Seattle, Portland and Silicon Valley Chapters (2001-present)

Safe Internet Alliance (2009-present)
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (2008-present)
Anti-Phishing Working Group (2006-present)
Overseas Security Advisory Council - US Department of State (2006-present)
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2008-present)
International Studies Association (2008-present)
Association of Former Intelligence Officers (2005-present)
American Society of Industrial Security (2007-present)
National Classification Management Society (2007-present)
Executive Staff Joint Terrorism Task Forces (2002-2005)
US Attorney Terrorism Task Forces (2002-2005)
Executive Committee Counterintelligence Task Forces (2002-2005)

Publications:  (see links to the upper-right)
Book: "Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost, Preventing Intellectual Property Theft and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century" (SYNGRESS March 2008 , ISBN-13: 978-1-59749-255-3)
Article:  Huffington Post (online):  December 2009 "A Common Sense Approach to Social Media"

Article: CSO Magazine (online): March 2009 "Social Elements of Security Policy and Messaging"
Article: SC Magazine (online): May 2008 "Secrets Stolen? No, just the Intellectual Property."
Article: CSO Magazine (online): April 2008 “Nation States, Espionage and Counterespionage, An Overview of the 2007 Global Economic Espionage Landscape”,
Article: CSO Magazine: March 2008 Edition: "Spy vs. Spy"
Article: CSO Magazine August 2006 - "How to Stop Industrial Espionage"
Article: CIO Magazine July 2006 - "How to Avoid Intellectual Property Theft"
Article: CSO Magazine June 2006 - "Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost"

Presentations (May 2006- December 2009):

-Speaker:  "Secrets Stlone, Fortunes Lost, Preventing Intellectual Property Theft and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century" - Secure World Seattle - October 2009, Seattle, WA
- Speaker:  "Security Challenges, Today and Tomorrow" - Delaware's Cyber Brief - October 2009, Dover, DE

- Speaker:  "Cisco Enterprise Security Strategy" - On Guard for Your Assets: 2009 Rotman-TELUS Joint Study on Canadian IT Security Practices - September 2009, Toronto, Canada

- Speaker: "Common Sense Approach to Social Media" - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Information Assurance Symposium - September 2009, Mons, Belgium

- Panelist: "Risk Management in Challenging Economic Times" - Burton Group Catlyst Conference - July 2009 - San Diego, CA- Panelist: “Intellectual Property Protection in Tumultuous Times” – Deloitte – April 2009 - San Jose, CA
- Speaker: “Intellectual Property – Nation State Considerations” - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – Information Assurance Symposium – October 2008, Mons, Belgium
- Panelist: “Protecting Enterprise Data” - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – Information Assurance Symposium – October 2008, Mons, Belgium
-Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – ISSA/InfoSec Symposium – October 2008, Raleigh, NC
-Speaker: “Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost”- Association of Former Intelligence Officer, Annual Intelligence Symposium – October 2008, Washington DC
-Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – International High Technology Crime Association – October 2008 – Atlantic City, NJ
-Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – FIRST, Annual Conference, June 2008, Vancouver, Canada
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – CASP Security Summit – January 2008, Phoenix, AZ
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – ISSA/ISACA Conference – May 2008, Pittsburgh, PA
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – Massachusetts E-Government Summit, November 2007, Boston, MA
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – Information Assurance Symposium – October 2007, Mons, Belgium
- Speaker: “Intellectual Property Security” – Dutch Ministry of Defense – October 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Speaker: “The Security Mindset” – Healthcare symposium – October 2007, Indianapolis, IN
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – Cybersecurity Day, Purdue University, October 2007.
- Speaker: “Assessing and Communicating IT Risk” – American Council for Technology and Industry, July 2007, Washington, D.C.
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – ASIS/HTCIA Symposium, May 2007, Silicon Valley, CA
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – Anti-Gray Market Association, April 2007, Chicago, IL
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – Building and Enforcing IP Value in China, January 2007, San Francisco, CA
- Speaker: “The Tale of the Targeted Trojan” – Anti-Phishing Working Group, October 2006, Orlando, FL
- Speaker: “Global Threat to Intellectual Property” – Executive Summit, October 2006, SC Magazine, Napa, CA
- Speaker: “Social Engineering” – United States Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force – May 2006, San Francisco, CA

Pod & Video Casts: (see links at the bottom of page)

- Keynote:  "Cisco Enterprise Security Strategy" - On Guard for Your Assets: 2009 Rotman-TELUS Joint Study on Canadian IT Security Practices - September 2009, Toronto, Canada
- “Interview with Christopher Burgess, Author ‘Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost’” – The Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies – June 2008 (podcast)
- “Messaging Security to the Workforce, an Interview with Christopher Burgess” – The Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies – June 2008 (podcast)
- “The changing intellectual property theft landscape” - Search Networking, October 2008 (podcast)
- “How networking pros can prevent data theft”- Search Networking, October 2008 (podcast)
- “User engagement as a network security strategy” - Search Networking, October 2008 (podcast)
- “How to avoid vulnerabilities online” ¬– Cisco Blog, October 2008 (videocast)
- “Data Leakage Concerns for Consumers” - Cisco Blog, October 2008 (videocast)
- “Threats to Consumers on the Internet” - Cisco Blog, October 2008 (videocast)

Quoted by others:  (this is tough to track so omissions are the norm)

- "How a Security Breach in Your Computer Network Can Cost $834,149" - TDCnet.ca - September 2009

- "Security breaches up, but Canadians may be better prepared: Study" - IT in Canada - September 2009

- "Information Exodus:  When layoffs mean data leakage" - Canadian Security Magazine, September 2009

- "Canadian organizations see huge spike in data breaches" - Ecommerce Alert, October 2009 
- "Cost of IT security breaches jumps 97 per cent" - IT World Canada, September 2009
- “Tips to secure your network against data thief” – Search Networking, October 2008
- “Some countries prone to data loss” – Information Week, September 2008
- “Corporate Security Standards found Ineffective” – CRN, October 2008
- “Cisco Shares Security Research on Insider Threats” – CNN Money, November 2008
- “Cisco Execs Spotlight Research on Data Leakage” – Enterprise Management Quarterly, September 2008
- “Stop Blocking, Start Trusting to Prevent Data Leakage” – Search Security, October 2008
- “Main Reason for Data Leakage, not Hackers, Improper Behavior” – Computer World Russia, November 2008
- “How to Achieve Security Buy-in from your Staff” – SC Magazine UK – February 2009
- “Cisco Rolls Out Security Awareness Program” – Computer Weekly – October 2008
- “Blurring of Work/Life Boundaries Puts Corporate at Risk - Computer Weekly – October 2008
- “Employees aren’t getting the Message on Security” - IT World Canada, October 2008
- “Cisco Employees get training on Internet Safety – Network World, October 2008
- “True Value of Information Security Awareness” – Notice Bored, April 2009
- “Intellectual Property and Beyond: Why Protecting it is Everyone’s Business” – July 2007
- “Data Privacy Day Celebrates the Safeguarding of Information” – SC Magazine, January 2009
- “Study finds corporate security policies ineffective” – Tech Republic, October 2008
- “Great source on cyberespionage” – Threat Chaos, ZDNet, October 2008
- “Data privacy day occurs during streak of breaches” – WA Attorney General’s blog, January 2009

Awards/Honors:
History Fellowship – CIA’s Center for Intelligence Studies (1996-1997)
Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal (1976-2005)
Exceptional Performance Awards – 1976-2005