Chris Painter

Areas of Expertise

Cyber Policy and Diplomacy | International Cyber Strategy | Cybercrime Investigation and Prosecution | Cyber Norms and Stability | Public-Private Cyber Engagement

About Chris

Chris Painter is a globally recognized leader and expert on cyber policy, cyber diplomacy and combating cybercrime, with more than 25 years on the vanguard of U.S. and international cyber issues. At The Chertoff Group, Chris supports Cybersecurity engagements.

Career Highlights

• First top cyber diplomat at the U.S. Department of State, helping create a new area of foreign policy focus that now extends to more than 30 countries with dedicated cyber diplomats
• Senior Director for Cyber Policy, White House National Security Council
• Senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal prosecutor on some of the most high-profile cybercrime cases in the country
• Helped drive, initiate or shape virtually every major U.S. cyber policy for more than a decade, creating new organizations and approaches to address threats and opportunities in cyberspace
• Recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun (2018) from the Government of Japan for promoting Japan-U.S. cyber collaboration, the RSA Conference Award for Public Policy and the Bartels World Affairs Fellowship at Cornell University (2017-18)

Boards and Affiliations

Founding Partner, The Cyber Policy Group |Commissioner, Global Commission for the Stability of Cyberspace | Public Sector Advisory Board, Palo Alto Networks| Board of Directors, Center for Internet Security | Associate Fellow, Chatham House

Education

Stanford University, JD 1984 | Cornell University, BA 1980ortunities in cyberspace. He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018 by the Government of Japan for promoting Japan-US Cyber collaboration, awarded the RSA Conference Award for Public Policy, and was named the Bartels World Affairs Fellow for 2017-18 by Cornell University. Among other things, he currently serves as a Commissioner on the Global Commission for the Stability of Cyberspace, Chair of the Global Forum for Cyber Expertise Working Group on Strategy and Policy, a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Internet Security and an Associate Fellow at Chatham House.