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Chris Rose, MBA, CSCS, CISSP, CISM

Partner

Ariento, Inc.


Chris' background in information security began at a Fortune 200 company in 2006. He left to serve six years in the U.S. Marine Corps where he was the country Chief Information Security Officer for the Republic of Georgia, a role in which he was in charge of protecting USMC digital infrastructure in a highly vulnerable cyber threat environment. 

Upon returning to the United States, Chris left the Marine Corps to pursue a Masters in Computer Science and MBA from UCLA, and also worked for the MITRE Corporation as a cybersecurity engineer. In 2014, he founded Ariento, a cybersecurity, compliance and IT service provider. 

Chris is a member of the Secure The Village Leadership Council and teaches a class on cybersecurity and privacy at UCLA extension.