Question: Facts: - years active: 2000 -- present - notable works: network security assessment - height: 6 ft 4 in - birth name: christopher ross mcnab - style: technical nonfiction - occupation: author , computer hacker - birth date: 10 march 1980 - name: chris mcnab - image size: 278px - nationality: british - website: o'reilly media & nbsp ; -- chris mcnab - birth place: bristol , united kingdom - alma mater: bristol cathedral school -lrb- dropped out in 1997 -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of chris mcnab .
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christopher ross mcnab -lrb- born march 10 , 1980 -rrb- is an author , computer hacker , and founder of alphasoc -lrb- a software company that identifies malware , insider threats , and cyberweapons within computer networks through dns analytics -rrb- .mcnab is best known for his '' network security assessment '' books , which detail practical penetration testing tactics that can be adopted to evaluate the security of networks in-line with cesg check , pci dss , and nist sp 800-115 standards .during 2012 and 2013 , mcnab undertook incident response work on behalf of organizations in california and nevada targeted by alexsey belan -lrb- currently on the fbi cyber 's most wanted list , and thought to be on the run in europe -rrb- .in 2011 , mcnab worked closely with the attorney general of guatemala under a united states agency for international development -lrb- usaid -rrb- project to secure the computer networks that underpin the legal system within the country .