Christopher Boyer

Chris Boyer is Vice President of Global Security and Technology Policy at AT&T Services, Inc.  Mr. Boyer works closely with the AT&T Chief Security Office (CSO) and AT&T Technology and Network Services and Network Operations to address policy issues impacting emerging technology, cybersecurity, and national security.

Mr. Boyer also serves in several external roles:  He is the founder and Chairman of the Open RAN Policy Coalition (ORPC).  Represents AT&T with the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council (NSTAC), a Federal Advisory board addressing strategic policy issues impacting National Security and Emergency Preparedness.  He was appointed to two four years terms and is the former Chairman of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB), a Federal advisory committee at NIST responsible for identifying emerging issues related to information security and privacy for Federal agencies.  Mr. Boyer is also a member of the Executive Committee and former Vice Chair of the Communications Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC) and is a former director and chairman of the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA).

In his over 30-year career with AT&T, Mr. Boyer has performed a variety of roles.  Prior to his current assignment Mr. Boyer was AT&T’s policy lead working with the high-tech community in Silicon Valley and he has held positions in the company’s corporate public policy, network planning and engineering, product marketing and network services departments.