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.
Latest articles by Tom Brewster
Qualys brings IronBee WAF to life
By Tom Brewster published
News The security vendor is to release the beta of its open source WAF in April this year.
Skype hits Windows Phone 7
By Tom Brewster published
News Microsoft gets its VoIP baby onto its operating system, following the $8.5 billion acquisition.
BT PIA fibre broadband product fails to attract bidders
By Tom Brewster published
News Despite a price drop and an apparently successful trial, no one has yet bid for BT's PIA fibre product.
Dell buys AppAssure for storage boost
By Tom Brewster published
News The Texan company ploughs on with its storage quest, gobbling up server and app backup firm AppAssure.
Apple buys Chomp for app search
By Tom Brewster published
News The App Store may be getting a search boost thanks to Apple's latest purchase.
Microsoft investing $130m in Dublin mega datacentre
By Tom Brewster published
News The Redmond giant says its cloud products are getting mighty popular, so it is expanding its Irish datacentre.
HP Institute to attack IT skills gap
By Tom Brewster published
News The Silicon Valley giant believes it is leading the way in tackling the global IT skills shortage.
Everything Everywhere plots 4G for 2012
By Tom Brewster published
News Everything Everywhere will roll out 4G connections running over the spectrum it currently owns in 2012, if Ofcom agrees to it.
Juniper splashes £80m on 'intrusion deception' firm
By Tom Brewster published
News The networking firm buys Mykonos, which looks to catch cyber criminals during their reconnaissance phase.
Motorola slams Microsoft patent ‘tactics’
By Tom Brewster published
News Microsoft is accused of reversing its position on FRAND patents just to suit its current litigation strategy.
Microsoft files Motorola competition complaint in EU
By Tom Brewster published
News Motorola is coming under fire for allegedly asserting FRAND patents in litigation against competitors.
IBM builds on Q1 Labs acquisition with QRadar boost
By Tom Brewster published
News Big Blue launches an updated version of the QRadar SIEM software it acquired after buying Q1 Labs last year.
Dell misses revenue expectations despite storage boost
By Tom Brewster published
News Compellent may be a serious boon to Dell's profits, but the company's growth remains stunted by public sector and consumer weaknesses.
Huddle launches ‘world first’ intelligent sync
By Tom Brewster published
News Huddle releases what it believes is the first enterprise sync service to intelligently push data to customers.
RIM unleashes PlayBook OS 2.0
By Tom Brewster published
News PlayBook OS 2.0 comes with plenty of shiny features, but is it too late to save the tablet?
Government urged to up Met Office supercomputer investment
By Tom Brewster published
News The Met Office needs fresh supercomputing power, but it will cost plenty of money to acquire.
Microsoft: Google circumventing IE cookie protections too
By Tom Brewster published
News Google is getting around cookie protections in IE as well as Safari, Microsoft warns.
Google removes another 37 rogue apps from Android Market
By Tom Brewster published
News Another 37 fake games appear on the Android Market, causing Google's mobile OS more grief.
Concern over CloudStore confusion
By Tom Brewster published
News Huddle's CEO admits there's a risk Government departments will punt for traditional vendors when faced with the plethora of services on CloudStore.
Pirate Bay UK future in doubt after High Court decision
By Tom Brewster published
News A judge says the Pirate Bay infringes copyrights of major record labels.
Fears over Government surveillance plans
By Tom Brewster published
News Reports suggest the Government is planning to force ISPs and mobile operators to keep hold of communications details.
Foxconn announces wage hike amidst Apple scrutiny
By Tom Brewster published
News The Apple supplier gives workers a wage rise in the face of intense scrutiny.
Report: Google circumvented Apple Safari privacy protections
By Tom Brewster published
News The tech giant is accused of writing code to get around cookie protection in Safari.
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