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Short bio
Chris Cooley is a cyber intelligence leader based in Gainesville, Virginia. He leads a DHS/USCIS intelligence operations program spanning cyber threat intelligence, applied intelligence, and insider threat, and has served in the Army National Guard since 2007.
Long bio
Chris Cooley has worked in intelligence and cybersecurity for nineteen years — across Army deployments, federal agencies, and Fortune 500 security programs. His current focus is AI: how the intelligence community can use it responsibly, and how adversaries are trying to weaponize it. He began at the Center for Internet Security's MS-ISAC, supported special operations intelligence in Afghanistan, led threat intelligence for USPS, and now leads intelligence operations at DHS/USCIS. Outside work he produces music with Clear Mountain Records, photographs landscapes, climbs, and snowboards.
Quick facts
- Name
- Chris Cooley
- Location
- Gainesville, Virginia (Northern Virginia)
- Current role
- Cyber Intelligence & Insider Threat Program Lead, DHS/USCIS (contract)
- Military
- U.S. Army National Guard, Sergeant First Class — since 2007
- Focus
- Cyber threat intelligence, insider threat, AI security and governance
- Website
- chris-cooley.com
Speaking topics
- How adversaries are weaponizing AI
- Responsible AI use in the intelligence community
- Building cyber threat intelligence programs
- Insider threat operations
- Nation-state cyber activity