Cymmetria hires former U.S. government cyber official Jim Christy

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/27/us-cymmetria-hire-idUSKBN0TG28W20151127

By Jim Finkle
Reuters.com
Nov 27, 2015

Computer security startup Cymmetria has hired a well-known retired U.S. 
government computer-forensics expert, Jim Christy, as vice president of 
investigations and digital forensics.

Christy started this week at the provider of technology that targets the 
psychology of attackers, tricking them into revealing themselves through 
techniques such as the use of decoy servers.

Cymmetria told Reuters on Friday that Christy will oversee efforts to help 
clients investigate attacks uncovered with the company's technology, then 
advise them on coordinating disclosure to law enforcement.

He retired from the U.S. government in 2013, ending a career investigating 
computer crimes and running digital forensics labs that began in 1986 at 
the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

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