John Leyden Email & Phone Number

John Leyden is a Senior Writer at IDG (International Data Group). He possess expertise in journalism, editorial, storytelling, digital media, security and 12 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "John wrote an article (The Register) about some vulnerabilities I found on CheckPoint firewalls back in 2007. The story somewhat shaked the security arena as exposed the biggest security vendor and also the Common Criteria certifications. I appreciated he was rigorous, no hype, no bias, just the information required to understand the new. This is what makes a good journalist. Since this article, I tried to contact him for many other "news" but he never published anything, which… Show more" and "John is the OG cyber security journalist, one of the pioneers at breaking down impenetrable topics and concepts into clear English that the technically-aware layman can readily follow. His eye for a good story or interview is unrivalled, as I discovered when following in his shoes on The Register's security beat and discovering that he had literally written some of my initial ideas years before I'd even thought of them! A real asset whereever he goes."

Listed skills include Journalism, Editorial, Storytelling, Digital Media, and 13 others.

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  Senior Writer

  Idg (International Data Group)

  Altrincham, Gb