Christopher J. Barretto, M.S.

Christopher J. Barretto, M.S. has a diverse work experience that spans over 16 years. Most recently, they worked as a Senior Security Consultant at GraVoc starting in January 2020. Prior to that, they served as an AVP - Information Security Officer at Eastern Bank from December 2018 to January 2020.

Before joining Eastern Bank, Christopher worked at OCD Tech as a Senior Information Security Analyst from June 2017 to December 2018. In this role, they provided assurance of IT controls for regulated entities and conducted various security assessments and consultations.

From June 2016 to June 2017, Christopher gained experience as an Information Security Analyst at Kronos. Here, they monitored the organization's infrastructure, prepared security incident reports, and contributed to security planning and execution.

During their tenure at Southern New Hampshire University, Christopher held two positions. From September 2014 to June 2016, they served as an IT Team Lead, responsible for managing a team and ensuring service level agreement compliance. Christopher J. also worked as an Embedded VOIP/CRM Customer Liaison II from March 2014 to August 2014, delivering on-site technological support and conducting training sessions.

From October 2012 to February 2014, Christopher worked as a Systems & Telephony Administrator at Consumer United, primarily managing the predictive dialer system and implementing routing strategies.

Before that, they gained experience as an IT Help Desk/Junior System Administrator at TUI Travel PLC from June 2011 to October 2012, providing IT support and managing software deployment and server administration.

Lastly, Christopher began their career as a Fraud Examiner at the Office of the State Auditor, where they worked from January 2004 to January 2011.

Christopher J. Barretto, M.S. has a diverse education history in the field of Information Technology - Cyber Security. Christopher J. earned their Master's degree from Southern New Hampshire University, where they studied from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government from Suffolk University, where they studied from 2004 to 2008.

In terms of certifications, Christopher has an extensive list of additional qualifications. Christopher J. obtained the following certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)² in June 2022, Certified Red Team Expert (CRTE) from Pentester Academy in June 2020, Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP) from Pentester Academy in February 2020, eJPT - Junior Penetration Tester from eLearnSecurity in February 2020, Using Splunk Enterprise Security 5.3 from Splunk in December 2019, CompTIA Network Security Professional from CompTIA in June 2019, CompTIA Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional from CompTIA in June 2019, CompTIA PenTest+ from CompTIA in June 2019, Offensive Security Certified Professional from Offensive Security in February 2019, CRISC from ISACA in November 2018, CSX - Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate from ISACA in May 2018, Cloud Essentials from CompTIA in April 2018, Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge v4 from Cloud Security Alliance in March 2018, IT Fundamentals+ from CompTIA in March 2018, Security Analytics Professional (Stacked Certification) from CompTIA in January 2018, (ISC)2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP®) from (ISC)² in December 2017, CySA+ from CompTIA in August 2017, Nessus Certificate of Completion from Tenable Network Security in August 2017, Security+ from CompTIA in April 2017, and Certified Information Security Auditor from ISACA in January 2017.