Mark Bristow

Mark Bristow is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in incident response and infrastructure protection. Currently serving as the Director of the Cyber Infrastructure Protection Innovation Center at MITRE since March 2022, Mark also holds a position as a Certified Instructor at the SANS Institute, focusing on active defense and incident response in ICS/SCADA environments. Previously, Mark held key roles at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as Branch Chief of Cyber Defense Coordination, and at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as Director and Chief of the NCCIC Hunt and Incident Response Team, overseeing critical incident response efforts. Mark's career includes a tenure at Securicon as a Security Engineer and various roles in information assurance and security engineering. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus.