Chris Boyer is Vice President of Global Security and Technology Policy at AT&T Services, Inc., where he is responsible for developing and advancing the company’s global policy positions related to cybersecurity, national security and technology policy.  Mr. Boyer works closely with the AT&T Chief Security Office and AT&T Technology and Operations to address policy issues at the intersection of emerging technology, cybersecurity and national security.  In his over 25-year career with AT&T Mr. Boyer has performed a variety of roles including positions in the company’s corporate public policy, network planning and engineering, product marketing and network services departments.

Mr. Boyer has also served in numerous external roles including as AT&T’s point of contact with the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), a Federal advisory committee to the President on issues related to national security and emergency preparedness; former Chair of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB); Founder and Chairman of the Open RAN Policy Coalition and co-chair of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) critical infrastructure committee.  He also is the former Vice-Chair and serves on the Executive Committee of the Communications Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC) which conducts planning activities on behalf of the communications sector with the Department of Homeland Security.