Christopher Walcutt

Chief Security Officer
DirectDefense

Chris Walcutt is Chief Security Officer for DirectDefense. He is a former Network Architect with 25 years of experience in Security, Risk & Compliance Leadership. His expertise is predominantly in the energy, utility, SmartGrid, and manufacturing sectors. Chris specializes in network architecture and design, utility and smart grid cyber security, industrial controls architecture, compliance, management consulting, and breach and incident handling. He has provided services to a wide variety of enterprise clients including some of the world's largest energy, engineering, manufacturing, and water companies. Chris served in leadership roles at Constellation Energy, SunGard and Black and Veatch where he was responsible for cybersecurity and management consulting for NERC CIP, NRC, SmartGrid, and NIST compliance, and has advised CISO's offices and Boards of Directors globally. He has guided organizational change amidst the ever-changing threat landscape and has served in multiple NERC committees and working groups.