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Staying on top of the latest industry news and trends is a big part of the job for any InfoSec pro, and Twitter is a great resource, but with 243 million active users, it can be difficult to parse the good from the bad.<\/p>\nStaying on top of the latest industry news and trends is a big part of the job for any InfoSec pro, and Twitter is a great resource, but with 243 million active users, it can be difficult to parse the good from the bad.<\/p>\n
Lucky for you, we\u2019ve combed through the Twittersphere (all 243 million users, I swear) and pulled the top 21 influencers \u00a0and thought leaders in the InfoSec Twittersphere, presented here in no particular order.<\/p>\n
For a more concise and printable overview of the Identity Management market in 2016, check out Solutions Review\u2019s all-new 2016 Identity Management Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a>\u00a0and Fact Book.<\/a><\/p>\n @iglazer<\/a><\/p>\n Ian Glazer is Senior Director of Identity at salesforce.com, and a formal member of the Gartner blog network as research leader for Gartner\u2019s identity and privacy strategies team. Once named one of the top 100 most powerful voices in security by Sys-Con Media.<\/p>\n @JohnFontana<\/a><\/p>\n John Fontana is a ZDNet blogger and \u2018Identity Evangelist\u2019 for Yubico<\/a>. Fontana is an active user, but not so active that he\u2019ll flood your feed with junk.<\/p>\n @Steve_Lockstep<\/a><\/p>\n Steve Wilson is principal digital safety analyst at Constellation Research and founder of the Lockstep Group, an Australian digital identity and privacy consultancy.<\/p>\n @JacksonShaw<\/a><\/p>\n Jackson Shaw is a senior director of product management for Dell Software and an expert in all things IAM.<\/p>\n @FIDOalliance<\/a><\/p>\n FIDO is a non-profit organization working to make authentication\u00a0simpler, safer, and more reliable. FIDO Alliance board members include executives from Microsoft, Google, Lenovo, and Bank of America.<\/p>\n FIDO puts out a lot of great ideas and thought leadership\u00a0on the future of identity and authentication, and the best way to stay on top of it all is by following them on Twitter.<\/p>\n @fearofmimes<\/a><\/p>\n Brian Iverson is a Gartner research analyst<\/a>\u00a0on the IAM team, who has a very strange Twitter handle. Iverson\u2019s feed can get a little bit political, but his IAM observations are on point.<\/p>\n @UTCenterforID<\/a><\/p>\n The University of Texas Center for Identity (UT CID) is a leading center of research and education in the fields of identity management, privacy, and security.\u00a0UT CID\u2019s Twitter account is an invaluable resource for the latest identity research and thought leadership.<\/p>\n @gcluley<\/a><\/p>\n Graham Cluley is a British security blogger and the author of GrahamCluley.com. Cluley was inducted into the InfoSecurity Europe Hall of Fame in 2011\u00a0and was given an honorary mention in the \u201c10 Greatest Britons in IT History\u201d for his contribution as a leading authority in Internet security.<\/p>\n @k8em0<\/a><\/p>\n Kate Moussouris is the Chief Policy Officer at HackerOne. She has extensive experience in the field, having worked at Microsoft and Symantec for several years. SC Magazine recently named Moussouris among 2014\u2019s Top Women in IT Security, and she has spoken at a number of high-profile conferences, including RSA.<\/p>\n @acser<\/a><\/p>\n Andras Cser is Forrester Research’s Principal Analyst covering Identity and Access Management and Fraud Management. Cser is a leading expert on identity management, access management, user account provisioning, entitlement management, federation, privileged identity management, and role design and management.<\/p>\n @forgerock1<\/a><\/p>\n Lasse Anresen is the CTO and founder of Forgerock and an expert on cloud computing, identity and access management, web 2.0, infrastructure software, open source, distributed organizations, and leadership<\/p>\n @sphcow<\/a><\/p>\n Heather Flanagan is the owner of Spherical Cow, a consulting company that support collaborations in the Internet Identity space, and a project manager and coordinator for Identity and Access Management leading edge efforts in the realm of academic and research identity management.<\/p>\n @PaulDube<\/a><\/p>\n Paul Dube is the COO of Brivas Technologies and an expert on Identity Managemen, IDaaS, authentication, security, DTM, EVs, risk-based authorization, and access control.<\/p>\n @apbarros<\/a><\/p>\n Augusto Barros is the author of the popular Security Balance blog <\/a>and has been working in Information Security for over a decade. Barros\u00a0is currently working as a Research Director at Gartner, where he focuses on security and risk management. Barros\u2019 strong InfoSec background, as well as his writing skills, make his Twitter feed a great resource for S&R pros looking to stay abreast of the latest research.<\/p>\n @briankrebs<\/a><\/p>\n Brian Krebs is an independent investigative journalist covering cybercrime. Krebs was formerly a security reporter at The Washington Post\u00a0and is currently the author of the popular Krebs on Security blog<\/a>. \u00a0At The Washington Post, Krebs \u00a0won widespread recognition for his work exposing some of the biggest corporate data breaches of all time, such as the ones at Target and Home Depot.<\/p>\n @securityweekly<\/a><\/p>\n Paul Asadoorian is the founder of Security Weekly, a popular series of podcasts and webcasts covering security-related topics. Asadoorian was formerly an instructor at the SANS Institute\u00a0and is is currently working as \u00a0a product evangelist for Tenable Network Security.<\/p>\nIan Glazer<\/h4>\n
John Fontana<\/h4>\n
Steve\u00a0Wilson<\/h4>\n
Jackson Shaw<\/h4>\n
FIDO Alliance<\/h4>\n
Brian Iverson<\/h4>\n
University of Texas Center for Identity<\/h4>\n
Graham Cluley<\/h4>\n
Kate Moussouris<\/h4>\n
Andras Cser<\/h4>\n
Lasse Andresen<\/h4>\n
Heather Flanagan<\/h4>\n
Paul Dube<\/h4>\n
Augusto Barros<\/h4>\n
Brian Krebs<\/h4>\n
Paul Asadoorian<\/h4>\n
Infosec Taylor Swift<\/h4>\n