Chris Gatford is the director of HackLabs in Sydney, Australia and performs penetration tests for organisations all around the world.
Chris has performed thousands of penetration tests in his career and has reviewed countless IT environments and has directed and been responsible for numerous security assessments for a variety of corporations and government departments.
Chris teaches the art of penetration testing as an Instructor for the HackLabs: The Course and has taught hundreds of students in his previous roles including Ernst & Young, where he was a manager for six years in the penetration testing services team. Chris was the lead instructor for the eXtreme Hacking course.
Chris has co-authored two books, Most recently co-authoring “Network Security Assessment: From Vulnerability to Patch” from Syngress Publishing.
Chris is also a frequent speaker at many security related conferences. Chris is a member of several security professional organisations and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.