Business risk leadership
CSO serves enterprise security decision-makers and users with the critical information they need to stay ahead of evolving threats and defend against criminal cyberattacks. With incisive content that addresses all security disciplines from risk management to network defense to fraud and data loss prevention, CSO offers unparalleled depth and insight to support key decisions and investments for IT security professionals.
CSO delivers critical, management-focused security content, experiences, and advice to help enterprises manage risk. Sharing best practices and speaking in the voice of its audience, CSO helps strategically-focused security executives balance risk with business opportunity — so they can get their jobs done.
CSO’s audience is composed of senior security and risk executives, as well as their direct reports (CSO minus 1) who are responsible for balancing operational risk & business opportunity for their organizations. Through their efforts they enable their organizations to manage operational risk in their current business initiatives, and to safely undertake new business initiatives.
What we cover
- Application security
- Careers
- Cloud computing
- Critical infrastructure
- Cyber attacks
- Identity management
- Regulation
- Risk management
- Vulnerability
- Small business
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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."
Who we are
This critically acclaimed website is the premier resource for enterprise security decision-makers. With full coverage on the security space that includes analysis, interviews, technical advice, product news and industry news, CSO delivers quality insights for security executives who need information they can rely on.
"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."
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"[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."
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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
Chris Holmes
Editorial Director, Asia
