Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey is the Vice President of Trust Services for Entrust Datacard’s certification authority – an industry pioneer and global leader in identity-based digital information security. Bailey joined Entrust Datacard following its acquisition of Trend Micro SSL where he served as the General Manager. Prior to that, Bailey served as the CEO and co-founder of the certification authority AffirmTrust, which was acquired by Trend Micro in 2011, and as co-founder and CTO of GeoTrust, a major global certification authority that was acquired by VeriSign in 2006.

Having served in the industry since 1998, Bailey is a current and founding member of industry standard groups the CA/B Forum and the CA Security Council where he continues to actively promote industry best practices and education.

Bailey is a co-creator of Extended Validation Certificates and Domain Validated Certificates used in SSL/TLS connections, which is the primary method to secure the web.

Bailey holds a MBA in Finance and Strategy from Goizueta Business School, Emory University and a BS Finance, Insurance and Economic Security from the University of South Carolina.