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Chris Gatford works for Pure Hacking Ltd. in Sydney, Australia as a Senior Security Consultant performing penetration tests for organizations all around the world. Chris has reviewed countless IT environments and has directed and been responsible for numerous security assessments for a variety of corporations and government departments.

Chris is an instructor for the Pure Hacking OPST course and in his previous role at Ernst & Young he was the lead instructor for eXtreme Hacking course. In both these roles Chris has taught the art of professional hacking to hundreds of students from global organizations.

Chris is a frequent speaker at many security related conferences (most recently presenting at AusCERT 2006). He is a member ...

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