Bill Brenner is senior editor of CSO magazine and CSOonline.com, part of CXO/IDG. He reports on, writes and edits content exclusively focused on the latest threats to IT security -- from software vulnerabilities to worm attacks and information theft -- and has several years of experience as a reporter and editor, starting as a writer for Community Newspaper Company. He was most recently senior news writer for TechTarget's Security Media Group, writing content for SearchSecurity.com and Information Security magazine, and he spent more than four years as an assignment editor at The Eagle-Tribune, the daily newspaper of Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley region and southern New Hampshire. His interest in IT security is based on the growing dependence that businesses and organizations have on their computer systems, and a desire to provide them with information that can help bolster security. Bill lives in Haverhill, MA, with his wife and two sons.
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