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Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Executive Editor

Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch is an award-winning journalist who strives to shed light on how security issues impact not only businesses and defenders on the front line, but also the daily lives of consumers.

In her previous position at Threatpost, Lindsey covered all aspects of the cybersecurity industry - from data privacy regulatory efforts to the evolution of underground cybercriminal marketplaces. Prior to that, Lindsey specialized in writing about microprocessors, enterprise business technology and the Internet of Things at CRN. In Lindsey’s spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and traveling.

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Featured Articles

704 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

QuaDream Spyware Used to Target Journalists, Activists

QuaDream's spyware has been used in hacks against journalists, political dissidents and non-government organization workers in North America, Central Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Malware, Spyware

Q&A: Chris Morales

Chris Morales, CISO at Netenrich, has held various roles throughout his career before becoming a CISO, including ones advising and designing incident response and threat management programs for enterprise organizations.

CISO Q&a

Q&A: Bryan Willett

Bryan Willett, CISO at Lexmark, talks about why a “silver bullet” doesn’t exist in security and what he describes as a “multi-pronged” approach to building out a security program.

CISO Q&a

Q&A: J Wolfgang Goerlich

J Wolfgang Goerlich, Advisory CISO for Cisco Security, talks about why relationships are so important for CISOs when interacting with organizational leadership teams.

CISO Q&a

Q&A: Wendy Nather

Wendy Nather, who leads the Advisory CISO team at Cisco, talks about the shift of security from a control organization to a service organization.

CISO Q&a