Christopher Barber

Christopher Barber has worked in the IT industry since 2015. Christopher began their career as a User Support Specialist at GreatAmerica Financial Services, where they were responsible for providing hundreds of users with the best experience when resolving technical issues. In 2017, they moved to Access Systems, Inc. as a System Administrator. In 2019, Christopher started working at HCA Healthcare as a Technical Analyst, as well as at A-LIGN as a Penetration Tester, Senior System Administrator, and System Administrator. Christopher is currently employed at SIXGEN as an Offensive Cyber Operator.

Christopher Barber obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Management Information Systems, General from the University of Iowa between 2010 and 2014. Christopher then obtained a CompTIA Network+ certification from CompTIA in March 2019, followed by a CompTIA Security+ certification in December 2019. In May 2020, they obtained a CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification and a CompTIA Security Analytics Professional – CSAP Stackable Certification. In February 2020, they obtained an eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) certification. In January 2021, they obtained an eLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPT) certification, followed by an eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester (eWPT) certification in April 2021. In December 2021, they obtained a Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO) certification from Zero-Point Security Ltd, and in December 2022, they obtained a Certified Red Team Lead certification from the same institution.