Christer Swartz

Director, Industry Solutions at Illumio

Christer Swartz is a seasoned network architect and cybersecurity specialist with extensive experience spanning over two decades. Currently serving as the Director of Industry Solutions at Illumio since January 2020, Christer focuses on designing and implementing cybersecurity architectures for the Federal industry, emphasizing real-world Zero Trust strategies against ransomware. Prior roles include Principal Technical Marketing Engineer at Illumio, where Christer promoted cloud security solutions, and Consulting Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, leading a global team in hybrid cloud network architecture design. With earlier positions at industry leaders such as Nokia, Ariba, Microsoft, Netflix, First Franklin Financial, Hewlett Packard, Swisscom, and Logic Communications, Christer has developed a comprehensive skill set in network design, security, and implementation across diverse environments. Christer holds a BA in Philosophy from San Jose State University.

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Illumio

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Illumio, the pioneer and market leader of Zero Trust segmentation, prevents breaches from becoming cyber disasters. Illumio protects critical applications and valuable digital assets with proven segmentation technology purpose-built for the Zero Trust security model. Illumio ransomware mitigation and segmentation solutions see risk, isolate attacks, and secure data across cloud-native apps, hybrid and multi-clouds, data centers, and endpoints, enabling the world’s leading organizations to strengthen their cyber resiliency and reduce risk.    


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