BILL BRENNER
Bill reports, writes and edits content focusing on the latest information threats and defenses—from social networking to mobile phone security to glamorous subjects like SAS70 replacement SSAE16.
He writes CSO's daily Salted Hash news analysis blog.
Bill has more than 17 years of experience as a reporter and editor, and has focused on information security for the past seven and a half years. Before joining CSO that was senior news writer for TechTarget's Security Media Group. Going further back, he spent four years as an assignment editor at The Eagle-Tribune daily newspaper of Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley region.
He lives in Haverhill, MA, with his wife and two sons, loves history, heavy metal music and caffeine, and writes a personal blog called THE OCD DIARIES on the side.
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A disturbing disconnect between CSOs and CIOs
Bill Brenner reached a troubling conclusion as he reported this year's Global Information Security Survey results: CSOs and CIOs are not exactly on the same page when it comes to corporate security.
Akamai releases 'game changing' cloud-based payment service
In what the company CSO calls a cloud-computing game changer, Akamai Technologies has released its Edge Tokenization electronic payment security service.
Legally defensible security: Covering your bases on HIPAA, CMR 17
HIPAA and HITECH compliance is not necessarily the same as Mass 201 CMR 17 compliance, but there are common procedures to achieve "legally defensible" security.
Vulnerability management basics: Pen testing techniques
In part three of our series on vulnerability management basics, we look at the techniques to consider when pen testing your company systems.
At the CSO Security Standard Tuesday, General Electric's senior counselor explained what GE is doing to protect customer, employee and supplier privacy.
How physical, IT security sides can work together
A physical security specialist teams up with an IT security specialist to outline a more potent defense. From the CSO Security Standard event in New York.
Vulnerability management basics: Tools of the trade
In part two of our series on vulnerability management basics, we look at the variety of scanners and other tools crucial to the task.
Vulnerability management: The basics
A look at the basics of vulnerability management and how to do it more effectively
Sticks and stones: Picking on users AND security pros
Nobody likes to get picked on. But is it sometimes necessary to snap people out of their apathetic approach to security?
Security blunders 'dumber than dog snot'
At the 2010 USENIX Security Symposium, a vulnerability assessor reveals some of the more egregious examples of stupidity on the part of professionals who should know better.
Enter the Security KnowledgeVault
The resources in this Security KnowledgeVault provide expert advice on everything from creating a multilayered security strategy and deploying a more proactive fight against cybercrime, to realizing when it's time to stop going it alone and seek outside, expert help.
Protecting Your Data on Mobile Devices
Protecting data on mobile devices creates a whole new batch of security headaches. Join experts in this Videocast lead by John Girard, VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, to hear how you can deploy a comprehensive enterprise encryption strategy.
