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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Needed: Better emergency playbook for DDoS attacks
Akamai says DDoS attacks are growing steadily more vicious, aided by massive botnets. At Metricon 5, a senior service line manager warned that companies are short on emergency response playbooks to meet the threat.
Security metric techniques: How to answer the 'so what?'
You need to be ready when the boss responds to your presentation with a "so what?" At Metricon 5, the focus is on several security metric techniques to pull it off.
What it's like to be grilled by the Secret Service
CSO's Bill Brenner learned the hard way that there are certain things you shouldn't do in Washington D.C. Here's his account of a run-in with Secret Service.
SANS Boston 2010: Never too old to learn
A week in the classrooms of SANS Boston 2010 has shown Bill Brenner how much more there is to learn about the art of information security.
A striking disconnect between CSOs and hackers
Security executives tend to live in a world apart from the hacking community, which means missed opportunities to accomplish big things.
Search engine optimization techniques for hackers
At DefCon, Barracuda Labs will explain how malware pushers use search engine optimization techniques to push their poison to the top of those Google rankings.
Social engineer toolkit coming at BSidesLasVegas
Security researcher Dave Kennedy will demonstrate the latest social engineering techniques and a toolkit to pull them off at this week's Security BSidesLasVegas.
Inside the Celtics' infosecurity playbook
The Boston Celtics' VP of technology explains how using the MacBook Pro and cloud-based services helped improve the franchise's IT security.
Data Protection: EnergySec's plan for critical infrastructure
Energy companies rely on IT infrastructure more than ever. Would-be cyber terrorists know it. A group called EnergySec hopes to be ready for what may come.
Mobile Security: Why I still want my iPad, iPhone
CSO Senior Editor Bill Brenner wants his Apple toys so he can work more efficiently, despite all the security concerns he hears about.
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.
