Christopher Ashby

Bio

Accomplished and award-winning cybersecurity executive with over 25 years of proven success driving cyber resilience, digital transformation, and enterprise security strategy across global organizations. Renowned for deep multidisciplinary expertise spanning cybersecurity architecture, threat intelligence, incident response, compliance, and risk governance.

As a trusted leader, I’ve led large-scale security transformations, built global cyber operations centers from the ground up, and shaped high-impact security teams that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Nationally recognized as a cyber competition champion and recipient of multiple industry awards, I bring a competitive edge and a passion for continuous innovation. Beyond the boardroom, I remain committed to giving back — mentoring the next generation of security professionals, leading public cyber safety initiatives, and serving on advisory boards to uplift the broader cybersecurity community.

Skills

Publications

Formal Education

Achieved	School Attended	Degree	Title
2022	Carnegie Mellon University	Executive Education	CISO Certificate Program
2020	Harvard	Graduate Certificate	Managing Risk in the Information Age
2020	Ithaca College	Graduate Certificate	CyberSecurity Management

Certifications

You can view a supported list of certifications achieved by visiting his Acclaim profile, or individually from the list below:

Achieved	Certification	License
2022	Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control	221780760
2020	BlackHat - Adversary Tactics: Detection	N/A
2018	Certified Cloud Security Professional	111094
2018	Certified Information Security Manager	Expired
2013	Exin ITILv3	4794578
2007	Certified Information Systems Security Professional	111094
2006	Comptia Security+	COMP10205382

Volunteering & Professional Associations

Community supportive actions and giving back are important to me, below are the organizations I'm currently involved with:

Date	Organization	Membership Type
2024-Present	The CISO Society	Member
2022-Present	Hartford CT ISACA Chapter	Member
2017-Present	Southern CT ISC2 Chapter	Member
2015-Present	CrimeWare	Member
2013-Present	InfraGuard Southern CT	Member