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Chris Steffen

Christopher Steffen, CISSP, CISA, is the vice president of research at EMA, covering information security, risk, and compliance management. Before EMA, he served as the CIO for a financial services firm, focusing on FedRAMP compliance and security. He has also served in executive and leadership roles in numerous industry verticals. Steffen has presented at numerous industry conferences and has been interviewed by multiple online and print media sources. Steffen holds over a dozen technical certifications, including CISSP and CISA.

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Meta's $17 Billion Settlement is a Security Story, Not Just a Privacy One

By Chris Steffen on Aug 27, 2026, 7:07:25 AM

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The Issues Around Watermarking AI Generated Text

By Chris Steffen on Aug 17, 2026, 1:14:33 PM

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Black Hat 2026 Recap: NHI, Data Security and the Ever Increasing Spend on All Things AI

By Chris Steffen on Aug 11, 2026, 9:52:21 AM

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Danglegeddon: When AI Turns Forgotten DNS Records Into a Weapon

By Chris Steffen on Jul 30, 2026, 3:11:05 PM

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When AI Agents Attack: What the OpenAI–Hugging Face Breach Tells Us About the Next Cybersecurity Frontier

By Chris Steffen on Jul 22, 2026, 10:23:26 AM

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Token Sprawl: Why Everyone's AI Bill is Suddenly a Surprise

By Chris Steffen on Jul 8, 2026, 12:58:58 PM

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Trump's Quantum Executive Orders: What They Mean for Enterprise Security and U.S. Competitiveness

By Chris Steffen on Jun 23, 2026, 10:18:09 AM

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The CISO Has Left the Building — and Came Back in a Business Suit

By Chris Steffen on Jun 8, 2026, 8:31:36 AM

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Star Wars Day 2026: Cybersecurity Failures in the Star Wars Universe – Revisited

By Chris Steffen on May 3, 2026, 6:00:00 AM

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Why Cloudflare’s PQC Roadmap is a Wake-Up Call

By Chris Steffen on Apr 21, 2026, 9:48:15 AM

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