Tom Brewster

Tom Brewster is currently an associate editor at Forbes and an award-winning journalist who covers cyber security, surveillance, and privacy. Starting his career at ITPro as a staff writer and working up to a senior staff writer role, Tom has been covering the tech industry for more than ten years and is considered one of the leading journalists in his specialism. Between his roles at ITPro and Forbes, Tom has also assumed the position of deputy editor at TechWeekEurope and worked as a freelance journalist for nine years, securing bylines in other leading technology publications.

He is a proud alum of the University of Sheffield where he secured an undergraduate degree in English Literature before undertaking a certification from General Assembly in web development. You can read his work here at ITPro, over at Forbes, and sign up for his newsletter, The Wiretap, to learn about how surveillance is used in the real world, as well as containing all the security and privacy news worth knowing.