Chris RiesChris Ries is a Security Research Engineer for VigilantMinds Inc., a managed security services provider and professional consulting organization based in Pittsburgh. His research focuses on the discovery, exploitation, and remediation of software vulerabilities, analysis of malicious code, and evaluation of security software. Chris has published a number of advisories and technical white papers based on his research and has contributed to several books on information security. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a Mathematics Minor from Colby College, where he completed research involving automated malicious code detection. Chris has also worked as an analyst at the National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance (NCFTA), where he conducted technical research to support law enforcement. Read More Read Less