Christopher C. Elisan is the author of "Malware, Rootkits and Botnets: A Beginner’s Guide". He is currently the Principal Malware Scientist at RSA. Elisan is one of the pioneers of Trend Micro’s TrendLabs where he held multiple technical and managerial positions. After Trend Micro, he led and established F-Secure's Asia R&D where he spearheaded multiple security research projects. He then joined Damballa where he specialized in malware research, analysis and reversing.