Chris Benninger
Principal Software Engineer - SecOps AI at Sophos
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Benninger is a Principal Software Engineer and SecOps AI leader based in Victoria, BC, with over a decade of experience building and scaling detection systems for managed detection and response. At Sophos he has progressed from hands-on developer to leading and architecting MDR detection technology, now focusing on deploying AI-driven features that operate on massive real-time data streams. He combines deep systems and security expertise from an MSc in Operating Systems/Virtualization/Security with practical experience in deep-packet inspection, real-time IOC filtering, and team leadership. Known for optimizing for flexibility at scale, Chris excels at turning research-grade techniques into production-ready detection pipelines. A longtime contributor to security-focused engineering efforts, he brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to reducing noise and increasing signal in large telemetry flows.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. CSC Operating Systems Virtualization Security, MSc. CSC Operating Systems Virtualization Security at University of VictoriaComputer Science, Computer Science at North Island College
English
Github Skills (11)
mount7
snapshots7
virtualbox6
babashka6
disk5
tasty5
fuse4
edn4
sql2
sql-query2
clojure2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
SophosLabs-zz/vdfuse
May 2013 - Apr 2014
Contributions:19 commits in 10 months
fusemountdiskfuse-driversnapshots
korma/Korma
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Tasty SQL for Clojure.
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
tastysqlednclojuresql-query
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