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“CSO continues to be an engaging and important medium that gets me the information I need, when I need it, and at the right level.”
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“When people ask me what my primary sources are for staying up-to-date on security issues, I always highlight CSO as the most consistent authority.”
Mark Weatherford, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Member, National Cybersecurity Center, former CISO of vArmour and US Department of Homeland Security
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All CSO Online newsletters: Helping security leaders stay up to date on the latest news, trends, analysis, and solutions impacting the office of the CSO with regular updates from our award-winning site.
Blogs & Reviews
Blogs: Created specifically for security professionals, our blogs share industry perspectives with the CSO community.
Reviews: CSO provides thorough, fair and honest reviews to assist security executives in finding the right solution for their business.
Research
Security Priorities: Foundry’s Security Priorities study is conducted to gain a better understanding of the various security projects that organizations are focused on and will be prioritizing in the coming year. Security’s role in the enterprise is constantly evolving — today, 80% of enterprise organizations have a CISO, CSO or other top security executive — and this study outlines that evolution.
Signature events
CSO50 Conference + Awards: CSO50 brings the nation’s top security decision-makers together for three days of networking, peer presentations and opportunities for buyers and sellers to connect. The annual CSO50 Awards recognize organizations for security projects and initiatives that demonstrate outstanding business value. CSO Hall of Fame inductees are also recognized at CSO50 for outstanding achievement in the security field. Drive brand visibility by becoming a partner today!
Virtual events: Participate in Foundry’s virtual event summits that provide the ultimate immersive online experience surrounding a variety of critical topics that attract and engage the industry’s most influential tech decision-makers. These interactive events provide attendees with the opportunity to hear from spectacular speakers, access world-class content, and network with their peers and solution providers. Build new and meaningful connections with IT and security decision-makers through speaking and networking opportunities by partnering with us today.
“[CSO50] is truly a conference where you hear from the people in the trenches who are developing and implementing innovative security measures to meet the needs of their companies.”
2019 CSO50 Participant
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Meet CSO's editorial leaders
Amy Bennett
Global Editor in Chief, B2B
Amy Bennett
Global Editor in Chief, B2B
Amy Bennett is a veteran editor with more than 15 years of experience in B2B tech publishing. In her role as Editor in Chief, English language for CIO, CSO, Computerworld, InfoWorld, Network World, Amy oversees editorial operations for these award-winning media brands unwaveringly focused on serving the information needs of IT and security leaders. Amy cut her teeth in publishing spending summers answering phones and writing product announcements at a series of small trade publications that are now long forgotten except to vintage tech enthusiasts. She joined IDG in 2000 as Web Production Manager at ITworld, following stints at Harvard Business School Publishing and Daedalus, the Journal of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Martin Bayer
Editorial Director, Germany
Matt Egan
Global Content Director
Matt Egan
Global Content Director
An executive leader with more than two decades experience leading successful editorial teams, Matt Egan is Foundry’s (formerly IDG Communications) first ever Editorial Director.
Matt leads and supports Foundry’s world class teams of journalists in key markets across the globe, as they create expert content in multiple major world languages. He is responsible for audience development, data, content, ecommerce, analytics, video, and content strategy for the world’s most popular business-to-business and B2C technology publications and events.
Prior to his global role Matt managed Foundry’s award-winning enterprise and B2C editorial teams in the US, UK, ASEAN, France and Spain.
Matt holds a BA in English and Drama from the University of Hull. He’s married with two children and enjoys running.
Galen Gruman
Executive Editor for Global Content
Galen Gruman
Executive Editor for Global Content
Galen Gruman is executive editor for global content at IDG Communications, responsible for the editorial content in English-language editions of the B2B sites in Australia, India, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia (ASEAN countries). He’s had several roles at IDG over his 20-year tenure, including features editor, executive editor, and editor at Macworld; West Coast bureau chief of Computerworld; and executive editor of InfoWorld. Galen is a member of IDG’s global B2B Editorial Board and has led several IDG initiatives outside of editorial, including providing leadership for two CMS initiatives and serving as a member of the Macworld senior leadership team. He has also been an adjunct analyst for the IDC IT Executive Program, editor of UBM’s M-Business magazine, executive editor of Upside magazine, and associate editor at the IEEE Computer Society.
Chris Holmes
Editorial Director, Asia
Xiou Ann Lim
Editorial Director, ASEAN
