Christopher Kruegel is a Professor of Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara. He is also a co-founder of Lastline, a company that develops innovative solutions to detect and mitigate advanced malware (APTs) and targeted threats. Christopher’s research interests focus on computer and communications security, with an emphasis on malware analysis and detection, web security, and intrusion detection. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in top computer security conferences and has been the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, MIT Technology Review TR35 Award for young innovators, IBM Faculty Award, and several best paper awards. He regularly serves on program committees of leading computer security conferences and speaks at industry venues such as BlackHat and RSAC.