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In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour visits with Chris Anderson, Principal Advisor, National Security & Emergency Preparedness, Lumen Technologies. Chris Anderson is an incident management and infrastructure protection expert with three decades of government, military, and private sector experience. He is currently the Principal Advisor for National Security & Emergency Preparedness at Lumen. In addition to his role at Lumen, he is the 2023 Industry Chair of the Communications Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center.Chris previously held a variety of emergency management and national security positions at the Federal Communications Commission and US Department of Homeland Security. He served as the FCC’s Chief of Operations and Emergency Management, leading the Commission’s incident management activities, operations centers, national security coordination, and Continuity of Operations programs. Prior to joining the Commission, Chris worked in critical infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security, serving in a variety of leadership positions in the Office of Infrastructure Protection, including serving as Director of the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center. Chris began his career with a decade on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a helicopter pilot and retired from the Navy Reserve in 2016.Chris is a 2010 graduate of the National War College with a master’s degree in National Security Strategy; he holds a second master’s degree in Management Information Systems from Bowie State University and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
After a month off, the Nerdies get back together to look at 2023. Dave welcomes back Bridget Johnson and Joe Levy to catch up on what has happened in 2023, and talk about what is surprising, and not so surprising in 2023, as well as look ahead for the rest of the year before getting into some fun summer questions. The topics included a look at the various hostile events, to include inspiration from previous threat actors, climate change and challenges addressing it, protests and demonstrations, as well as a reminder not to forget about international terror threats, how economic conditions can affect the workplace and other security challenges.
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