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
Cisco posts bumper results amidst restructure
By Tom Brewster published
News The networking giant impresses analysts with solid profit and record revenue.
Virgin celebrates 5th birthday with first ever profit
By Tom Brewster published
News Virgin posts its first ever profit alongside growing superfast and TiVo subscribers.
OneNote hits Google’s Android
By Tom Brewster published
News Android gets OneNote, but there's no sign of a BlackBerry version.
Google releases Chrome for Android beta
By Tom Brewster published
News Chrome for Android is finally here, but only Ice Cream Sandwich users will get it.
Symantec hackers: We've released pcAnywhere source code
By Tom Brewster published
News Hackers claim to have released pcAnywhere source code, whilst threatening to release information on Norton software.
UK PC sales plummet
By Tom Brewster published
News The PC industry is in turmoil and the UK market is worse off than many.
Trendnet firmware flaw exposes private videos
By Tom Brewster published
News Trendnet says it has issued a firmware fix for a load of its vulnerable IP CCTV cameras.
F-Secure offers iCloud rival to operators
By Tom Brewster published
News The security firm is hoping operators want to go up against Apple in the content cloud space.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM goes mobile
By Tom Brewster published
News Dynamics CRM will get a mobile client come the second quarter of 2012.
Virgin 100Mbps rollout 'ahead of schedule'
By Tom Brewster published
News The ISP is pushing out superfast speeds quicker than it expected, but prices are going up come spring.
EMC initiates Project Lightning, Thunder to follow
By Tom Brewster published
News The storage giant launches its first Project Lightning product, bringing flash to the server.
BT considering Ofcom price cap appeal
By Tom Brewster published
News Ofcom proposals would see BT Openreach's wholesale copper broadband and landline costs cut.
Google sends in Bouncer to sort out malicious apps
By Tom Brewster published
News The tech giant finally brings in extra security for the Android Market.
VeriSign admits 2010 hack
By Tom Brewster published
News The security company is hacked in 2010 but the details are only just emerging, calling the CA system into question again.
BT announces FTTP 'on demand'
By Tom Brewster published
News FTTP 'on demand' will be ready for customers next year after BT does another trial this summer.
Striving to solve the security skills crisis
By Tom Brewster published
In-depth The Cyber Security Challenge is doing a fine job, but flat registration growth and weak Government funding are cause for concern, Tom Brewster discovers.
Virgin remains on top in broadband speed race
By Tom Brewster published
News The broadband speed race is being won by Virgin, Ofcom figures show.
MPs call for infection detection database
By Tom Brewster published
News Amongst a host of requests, the Science and Technology Select Committee calls for a malware detection database to be made available to the public.
Q&A: Cisco on servers, storage and strategy
By Tom Brewster published
In-depth We chat with Laurent Blanchard, Cisco's vice president of enterprise, to ask why IT should get excited about what the networking giant can offer.
TinKode suspect apprehended in Romania
By Tom Brewster published
News Police believe they've caught TinKode, the hacker who has claimed hits on US and UK Government websites.
Cisco announces 40GbE and 100GbE switching upgrades
By Tom Brewster published
News The networking giant looks to support companies in dealing with the data boom, bashing competitor Juniper along the way.
Cisco: WAN optimisation is just a feature
By Tom Brewster published
News Cisco suggests WAN optimisation will not be a market in the coming years, as it looks to build the capability into its core networking products.
Cisco launches turbo-powered wireless access point
By Tom Brewster published
News The networking giant tries to cater for the BYOD trend with its new Aironet 3600 Series AP.
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