Fred Stringer is an Individual Contributor Engineer in the Threat Intelligence, Analysis and Response Engineering (TIARE) department in AT&T’s Chief Security Office. He is the Architect of the security data acquisition network and the System Engineer defining security analysis tools.  Fred has many years’ experience designing, building and supporting IP networks and has worked with some of the largest networks in the world.  In late 2001 his focus changed from carrier grade Internet to cybersecurity.