About

Senior technology leadership and hands-on engineering from one accountable person.

Christopher M. Fraser — Owner

Christopher has spent more than 25 years taking responsibility for the networks businesses depend on, across enterprise networks, distributed multi-location operations, data centers, cloud connectivity, security, and modernization programs.

He is as comfortable in the budget conversation as in the maintenance window. As a director-level leader he has owned architecture strategy, capital budgets, vendor selection, implementation standards, and team coordination. As an engineer he has designed, deployed, and troubleshot the infrastructure himself.

Leadership responsibility

  • Enterprise network architecture ownership and strategy
  • Investment priorities and capital budget planning
  • Vendor evaluation, selection, and management
  • Implementation standards and engineering team coordination
  • Operational reliability across distributed locations

Problems he has solved

  • Bringing consistent security and SD-WAN to a 23-location operation that had none
  • Leading a coordinated network upgrade across 40 locations
  • Migrating a data center on time and within budget
  • Building cloud connectivity on AWS and Azure
  • Running multi-year network refresh programs from planning through execution

Mercury Rising Security exists to bring that combination to organizations without the overhead of a full-time hire. Recommendations are not tied to a product line or a sales quota; they are based on what fits your environment, budget, and goals.

25+ Years Enterprise Experience
23 Locations Secured with SD-WAN
40 Location Network Upgrade Led

Highlights reflect Christopher's career experience, including roles before Mercury Rising Security.

Core Competencies

A technical inventory for evaluators who want to verify depth.

Networking

  • BGP & OSPF Routing
  • VPN Design & Implementation
  • LAN / WAN Architecture
  • VLAN Design & Segmentation
  • Load Balancing
  • IoT Network Connectivity

SD-WAN

  • VMware VeloCloud
  • Fortinet SD-WAN
  • Cisco Meraki
  • Cloud On-Ramp Integration
  • Intelligent Traffic Steering
  • Automated Failover Design

Security / SASE

  • Palo Alto Networks NGFW & Panorama
  • Fortinet FortiGate, FortiManager & FortiAnalyzer
  • FortiAuthenticator & FortiClient EMS
  • Zero Trust Architecture
  • Micro-segmentation (VMware NSX DFW)
  • SSL Pre-Logon & Firewall Rule Optimization

DDoS Protection

  • Netscout / Arbor DDoS Platform
  • Volumetric Attack Defense
  • Traffic Scrubbing
  • Threat Mitigation Strategies
  • IoT Security Architecture

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS Transit Gateway & VPC
  • Azure vWAN & ExpressRoute
  • VMware NSX-T Distributed Firewall
  • Cisco Nexus 9K & UCS
  • F5 Big-IP LTM
  • Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

Leadership & Management

  • Enterprise Network Architecture Strategy
  • Capital Budget Planning & Ownership
  • Vendor Evaluation & Selection
  • Multi-Year Network Refresh Programs
  • Engineering Team Leadership
  • Agile Project Delivery

How We Engage

Transparent Communication

You'll know exactly where the project stands. No surprises, no jargon walls.

Security by Design

Security is not a feature — it's a design constraint applied from the first diagram.

Respect for Timelines

Enterprise projects run on schedules. We plan meticulously and communicate early when anything changes.

Thorough Documentation

Every engagement ends with clean, complete documentation your team can actually use.

Let's work together.

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