Christopher Painter is a globally recognized leader on cyber policy, cyber diplomacy, cybersecurity, and combating cybercrime. Chris been at the vanguard of cyber issues for over 30 years, first as a federal prosecutor handling some of the most high-profile cyber cases in the United States, including the prosecution of hacker Kevin Mitnik, as a senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, held leadership roles at the FBI, and at the National Security Council in the White House, and finally, as the world’s first cyber diplomat at the Department of State.

Cybersecurity norms and diplomacy, cybercrime and hacking, inter-governmental tensions and policy development - it sounds like a TV script but it's Chris's origin story, and it's a great one.