IT*SECURITY Magazine to Debut in February
Leading security organizations and experts from business, government and academia offer strategic support to the nationÂ’s first professional journal focusing on IT Security & Infrastructure Protection.
Arlington, VA (PRWEB) January 5, 2005
Market Access International, the publisher of Homeland Defense Journal and a provider of integrated print, online, events and radio media services, is announcing the upcoming launch of IT*SECURITY Magazine, the premiere monthly forum for the nationwide public-private partnership to secure AmericaÂ’s critical infrastructures. IT*SECURITY Magazine will debut in February under the leadership of vice president and executive editor Dan Verton.
IT*SECURITY Magazine will deliver expert-driven IT security content that senior private sector executives and government decision makers can easily understand and apply rapidly to their business environment. IT*SECURITY Magazine will feature case studies focused on best practices in security and infrastructure protection, new technology previews and trends, leadership profiles and guest articles written by an editorial advisory board unmatched in its experience and expertise.
“I am honored to lead a new integrated media endeavor that is desperately needed in the IT security publishing industry,” said Dan Verton, an award-winning journalist and author. “I accepted this position with one mission in mind: to help build a true partnership between the government, the private sector and academia, and to replace first-drafts of history with thoughtful editorial content written by real experts.”
“Dan has arranged a series of strategic partnerships with leading public and private security organizations,” said Don Dickson, publisher of IT*SECURITY Magazine. “This is unprecedented in IT security journalism and we believe our integrated media capabilities, including custom training and events, will greatly benefit the IT security and infrastructure protection community.”
“At IT*SECURITY Magazine, we’ve replaced non-expert journalists with experienced, learned security experts,” said Verton. “Likewise, we’re introducing an editorial philosophy that seeks to build a nationwide partnership and solve real problems. It’s easy to tear things down. But only thought leaders can build a foundation for success. And only thought leaders will write for IT*SECURITY Magazine.”
Award-Winning Editorial Leadership
Vice president and executive editor Dan Verton is a former senior writer for Computerworld magazine and Federal Computer Week in Washington, D. C., and is the author of three books, including “Black Ice: The Invisible threat of Cyber-Terrorism” (McGraw-Hill, 2003), endorsed by some of the nation’s top experts as one of the best descriptions of the terrorist threat to critical cyber infrastructures to date. He has presented his research on the high-tech future of terrorism to the Department of Homeland Security, U. S. Air Force War College, U. S. Secret Service, Library of Congress, NASA’s Counterintelligence Division and numerous colleges and universities.
Dan Verton is also the first-place recipient of the 2003 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for Best News Coverage for a series of reports on wireless network security threats at some of the nation's largest airlines and airports. Prior to becoming a journalist, Verton was an intelligence officer in the U. S. Marine Corps, where he served as senior briefing officer for the Second Marine Expeditionary Force and analyst in charge of the Balkans Task Force during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Board of Advisers
IT*Security MagazineÂ’s Editorial Advisory Board provides input and guidance on editorial focus, trends, threats and technologies. Among the board members are:
• Richard Clarke and Roger Cressey, Good Harbor Consulting
• Bill Crowell, former deputy director of National Security Agency (NSA) and former CEO of Cylink Corp.
• Jessica Herrera, Congressional Advisor on Homeland Security
• Clint Kreitner, president and CEO of the Center For Internet Security (CIS)
• Mark Rasch, founder for the Department of Justice Computer Crime Unit and chief counsel for Solutionary Inc.
• Howard Schmidt, former chair of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
• Phyllis Schneck, chair of the InfraGard board of directors
• Prof. Corey Schou, head of the National Information Assurance Education and Training Center (NIATEC)
• Amit Yoran, former director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security
Strategic Partnerships
IT*Security Magazine has forged strategic partnerships with leading security organizations to help produce a genuine information sharing forum. Among the member organizations are: InfraGard National Members Alliance, U. S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force Infrastructure, the Department of JusticeÂ’s Regional Information Sharing System, the National Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, the Center for Internet Security and the Regional Alliance for Infrastructure and Network Security (RAINS).
Contact:
Dan Verton
IT*SECURITY Magazine
Www. itsecuritymagazine. com
4301 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1003
Arlington, VA 22203
Editor@danverton. com
Send Press Releases to press@danverton. com
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