Expert Bio
Brian Koerner
Brian Koerner (CISSP, MCSE) is a former police officer who combined his law enforcement experience and technical skills into a career in information security. Brian is currently a Lead Security Architect for a Fortune 100 computer services firm providing security expertise to some of the largest organizations in the world. He has conducted security assessments for compliance with security standards, regulatory mandates such as HIPAA, and contractual obligations such as the PCI Data Security Standard. He is adept in many Microsoft technologies, virtualization, encryption and enterprise security architecture. He's been trained in criminal procedure law, investigations, computer forensics, incident response and more.
Brian is an avid security researcher who is passionate about matters of security and privacy. He is an accomplished writer and speaker whose expertise related to information security, data breaches and identity theft has been sought out by business and media organizations around the globe. He is the author of Vista Security For Dummies and has written over 400 articles related to identity theft and other crimes of fraud. He was a columnist for two years writing for About.com (a New York Times-owned company), where he provided advice and tips to those concerned about identity theft and other crimes of fraud. Through this work, Mr. Koerner has had the opportunity to touch the lives and assist thousands of individuals interested in learning more or affected by identity theft and other crimes of fraud.
Mr. Koerner remains actively involved in the identity theft field, performing related research and providing consulting services to companies like Truston Inc., a premier identity theft prevention and recovery services company. He's a featured expert contributor on ID theft and credit for CreditFYI.com which launched in September 2008. He has developed security awareness seminars and identity theft workshops to help organizations educate their employees on how to protect their personally identifiable and proprietary business information. Brian currently resides in upstate New York and can be reached at bjkoerner@briankoerner.com.
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