Cloud Blog Contributors

The following individuals are contributors to the cloud security blog:

Chris Brenton

Chris Brenton is the Directory of Security for CloudPassage, the industry leader in hybrid IaaS security. He is also a fellow instructor for the SANS Institute. Chris is one of the founding members of the original Honeynet Project as well as one of the original Internet Storm Center handlers. During his career, Chris was instrumental in the foundation of Dartmouth College's Institute for Security Technology Studies (ISTS) and CSO of one of the nation's first managed security providers, ALTeNet Solutions. Chris has also been credited with the discovery of numerous security vulnerabilities and is a published author of various books on networking and network security. In his free time, Chris is an extremely active blogger.

Maarten Hartsuijker

Maarten Hartsuijker is director of Classity information security, editor of the Dutch information security magazine "Informatiebeveiliging", former GIAC authorized grader and courseware writer and a member of the SANS advisory board. Maarten helps organizations protect their information against (cyber)threats. He has a broad background in IT in general and over 10 years of experience in data center, infrastructure and application security. Specialized in both technical security scans and translating business requirements into smart security controls, he aims at helping his clients to find a proper balance between accepting and avoiding risk.

Phil Cox

Phil has been in the security industry for quite some time (Can checkout his LinkedIn profile for a more formal and thorough bio). His day job is the Director of Security and Compliance for RightScale, where he is heavily involved in using (almost purely a SaaS consumer on the IT side), and implementing (RIghtScale Cloud Management Platform is a leader in the industry) of Cloud technologies. He can be found on Twitter @sec_prof or LinkedIn and Google+.