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Chris Farris

Security Advisor

Expertise

Building and scaling cloud security programs at enterprise scale across media, entertainment, and gaming (Turner Broadcasting, WarnerMedia, Warner Bros. Discovery, Discovery Inc, PlayOn! Sports, FanDuel)
Risk-based cloud security standards, baselines, and training for development and operations teams
AWS security architecture, IAM, and identity governance
Incident response and vulnerability management in public cloud environments
Serverless and traditional cloud application architecture focused on deployment, security, operations, and financial modeling
Conference organizing and community education; inaugural AWS Security Hero
IANS Faculty; SANS Institute instructor (SEC545 — Cloud Security Architecture & Operations)

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology: BS Computer Science
Southern Polytechnic State University: BS Computer Science

About the author

Chris Farris has spent 30 years in IT, with the past decade focused on public cloud and cloud security. He built and evolved cloud security programs across major media, entertainment, and gaming companies including Turner Broadcasting, WarnerMedia, Warner Bros. Discovery, Discovery Inc, PlayOn! Sports, and FanDuel, and now offers cloud security advisory services through his consulting firm PrimeHarbor Technologies. He is also affiliated with Securosis as a cloud security advisor. Chris is an Organizer and Board Member of fwd:cloudsec, a practitioner-focused cloud security conference, and was named one of the inaugural AWS Security Heroes. He is IANS Faculty and served as a SANS Institute Community Instructor teaching cloud security architecture and operations. He has presented at AWS re:Inforce, re:Invent, and BSides events, and writes at chrisfarris.com. His work centers on enabling security teams and builders to understand real-world cloud risk, develop enforceable standards, and build programs that scale — without getting lost in checkbox compliance.