Chris Berge
Cybersecurity Guru And Tech Strategist - I Help The 99 With Modern Cybersecurity And IT Management
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Berge is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and technologist with nine years of experience running Purple Folder, where he delivers managed IT, SIEM/SOC deployments, security analytics, and next-gen endpoint protection for small to midsize organizations. Based in Portland, he pairs practical IT management and user support with strategic security programs designed to be accessible for the "99%," translating complex controls into usable operations. His background in network engineering and diverse certificates in graphic design, accounting, and general studies give him a pragmatic, multidisciplinary approach to solving security and operational problems. As owner and lead practitioner since 2016, Chris blends hands-on implementation with client-facing strategy, favoring measurable risk reduction and sustainable processes over flashy one-offs.
8 years of coding experience
Certificate, Graphic Design, Certificate, Graphic Design at Walla Walla Community CollegeAssociates of Applied Science, Network Engineering, Associates of Applied Science, Network Engineering at Clackamas Community College
Github Skills (22)
barrage9
ids8
ossec8
log-analysis7
jquery-plugin7
security7
plug7
compliance7
incident-response7
pci-dss6
elasticsearch6
intrusion-detection6
docker6
jquery6
monitoring6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Purple-Folder/CIPP-API
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:18 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Purple-Folder/CIPP
May 2023 - Mar 2025
CIPP is a M365 multitenant management solution
Contributions:15 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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