I'm an award-winning technology journalist with a 30-year career, writing for ZDNet News, CNET, SecurityFocus, MIT Technology Review, and Dark Reading, among many others. I graduated with a dual degree in electrical engineering and computer science. I did research in Japan focusing on early machine-learning research before moving into technology journalism to tackle more society-focused problems. I've received five awards for journalism, including the Society of Professional Journalist's Sigma Delta Chi award for Best Deadline Journalism (Online) in 2003 for coverage of the Blaster worm.
Currently, I write for Dark Reading and MIT Technology Review's Insights, as well as conduct data analysis and write threat reports for a number of clients using the Python data-analysis stack (Pandas/Polars, Matplotlib/Seaborn/Plotly). Recent reports include analyses of the shortage in cybersecurity workers and annual vulnerability trends. I'm always looking for interesting data to analyze and understand trends in technology and how it affects people. I also write technically deep, yet engaging, white papers and reports for a select group of corporate clients.
List of Publications
Here are all the publications my articles have appeared in (currently 25):
- Ars Technica
- Business Week
- CIO Magazine
- CNET News.com
- Computing Japan
- CSO Magazine
- CXO Magazine (Northeastern University)
- DarkReading
- eWEEK
- InfoWorld
- MIT Technology Review
- PCWorld
- PC Magazine (Security Watch)
- Popular Science
- The Register
- Security Focus
- Symantec Blog
- TechBeacon
- TechTarget/Information Security Magazine
- Third Certainty (Byron Acohido’s publication)
- ThreatPost
- USA Today
- Wired News
- Worth Magazine
- ZDNet News