Anne Saita (news director/senior editor) manages Information Security's West Coast Bureau in San Diego. She came to the magazine after 15 years as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor in Virginia and Massachusetts. Anne is lead editor of ISM's NewSCAN and is part of the e-newsletter team.

Neil Roiter (Senior Technology Editor) brings 26 years of daily and weekly newspaper experience and five years as an IT project manager in publishing to Information Security. He is responsible for the magazine's in-depth feature coverage of security trends and developments.

Suzanne Gaspar (products editor) oversees the Products section of Information Security, covering trends, new product releases and product Test Reviews, and coordinates book reviews. Previously, she worked at Network World, where she spent six years as an associate features editor and features writer.

Amber Plante (assistant editor) edits and proofs all preproduction copy and occasionally writes articles for Information Security. She came to TechTarget hot off the presses from The Eagle Tribune in North Andover, where she worked as a copy editor/paginator on the night copy desk.

Shawna McAlearney (news editor) has served as lead editor of Information Security's online media, including the semiweekly Security Wire Perspectives e-mail newsletter, for more than three years. She has nearly a decade of experience in print and online journalism. Shawna covers news relevant to security managers, including industry trends and legislation.

Maureen Joyce (creative director), a cofounder of Information Security, brings more than 20 years of art direction, graphic design and illustration experience to the magazine. Prior to Information Security, Maureen was the art director of various publications and trade shows, including InfoSecurity News and Digital Design.

Crystal Ferraro (site editor) coordinates SearchSecurity.com's coverage of industry trends and technologies via webcasts, e-newsletters and weekly features. Crystal has more than four years of combined experience in print and online journalism.

Publishing/Sales/Marketing

Kevin Beam (publisher of Information Security, VP and group publisher, TechTarget Security Media Group and TechTarget Storage Media Group), has more than 18 years of experience in magazine publishing, production, sales and marketing. Kevin held sales positions at EMC before joining business-to-business information firm, United Communications Group. UCG spun out TechTarget in 1999, where he spent three years leading member acquisition and retention, as well as launching TechTarget??s successful conference division. In March 2002, Kevin launched Storage magazine, an award-winning monthly publication focused on the strategic issues surrounding enterprise storage, and created TechTarget?s Storage Media Group, including Storage Decisions and SearchStorage.com. TechTarget acquired Information Security in July 2003, and Kevin created a second integrated media group by combining Information Security with SearchSecurity.com and launching Information Security Decisions, an invitation-only conference for senior level IT security managers.

John Taranto (director of sales) oversees the east and west coast sales teams. John brings nine years of IT sales and leadership experience and before working in security media was TechTarget's Associate Publisher of Storage Magazine and the West Coast director of the Storage Media Group.

Tom Davern (director of marketing) promotes the variety of security-specific content and benefits that Information Security magazine, SearchSecurity.com and the Information Security Decisions conference deliver to IT security professionals around the world. Tom has 10+ years of IT marketing experience and previously served as TechTarget's director of conference marketing. Additionally, he led the marketing efforts for a number of the company's online properties, including SearchStorage.com. Tom joined TechTarget in 2000 from United Communications Group, a leading business-to-business information provider.

Susan Smith (director of product management) oversees the development of research and marketing to demonstrate the unique value provided to sponsors by Information Security magazine, SearchSecurity.com and the Information Security Decisions conference. Susan's background includes 11 years in IT advertising sales and marketing, including national account management, plus 8 years of editorial experience. She has been with TechTarget for 4 years and before joining the Security Media team, Susan was Associate Publisher of TechTarget's Storage magazine and East Coast sales director for the Storage Media group.