Joseph Steinberg

Joseph Steinberg is a computer and information security professional and author. He writes a column for Forbes covering cybersecurity and entrepreneurship. His articles have been syndicated and translated. Individual articles by Steinberg have been quoted in over 1,000 online and print venues, shared over 10,000 times on social media, and ranked as top performers on Forbes' website. He is currently ranked by Scanvine as 22nd most shared among all 1024 ranked Forbes authors, 1st among authors covering technical topics. He is an author of security-related books including the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium's official textbook on information-security management. He has held leadership positions with computer security companies, and is credited with security-related innovations, including the use of visual cues to combat phishing. Steinberg's technical innovations have been cited in over 70 published U.S. patents and scholarly articles.
Education
Steinberg is a graduate of New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He has also earned CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP,and CSSLP information security designations.
Career
Steinberg began his career as an intern at AT&T. From 2000 to 2005 he worked at Whale Communications (aquired by Microsoft), serving as Director of Technical Services and Vice President of Strategic Alliances. In 2005, he co-founded Green Armor Solutions, serving as its CEO and Chairman. In 2014 he founded SecureMySocial, and presently serves as its CEO.
Publications
Articles
Since September 2012, Steinberg has authored a column for Forbes covering cybersecurity and entrepreneruship.
Steinberg has published security-related articles in publications and journals including the PricewaterhouseCoopers Cryptographic Centre of Excellence Journal,
The SANS Institute Reading Room, The View: The Technical Journal for Lotus Notes and Domino, Secure Computing Magazine, The Tech Herald, and VentureBeat.
He has also written on topics such as tax law, and lessons learned from historical personalities.
Books
*The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the ISSMP CBK - Second Edition Expected Fall 2014
*SSL VPN: Understanding, Evaluating and Planning Secure, Web-Based Remote Access with Tim Speed. ISBN 1-904811-07-8
**Published in French as SSL VPN - Accès Web et Extranets Sécurisés with Tim Speed
*Internet Security: A Jumpstart for Systems Administrators and IT Managers with Tim Speed and Juanita Ellis (Joseph Steinberg listed as contributing author) ISBN 1555582982
Public presentations
Steinberg has presented at conferences including the New York Information Systems Security Association conferences in 2001 and 2002, the Gartner IT Security Summit in 2003, the Cyber Security in the Financial Services Sector Executive Summit in 2003,, the Wall Street Technology Association Conference on Security, Business Continuity Planning & Technology Risk Management in 2004, the e-Financial World Expo in 2004 , the BAI Multi-Factor Authentication Forum in 2006, the Massachusetts Network Communications Council Conference in 2007, and the Next-Generation Threat Protection Summit in 2012
Influence
Steinberg's technical innovations have been cited in over 70 published U.S. patents and scholarly articles.
Steinberg is quoted in the media about information security related matters, appearing in news wires such as Reuters and Tribune Information Services , major online news outlets such as Fox News, Politico and CBS Interactive/ZDNet, business publications such as Forbes and Business News Daily, American newspapers such as The Christian Science Monitor , The Sentinel , and The Sacramento Bee , International newspapers such as The Jerusalem Post , NewsDay , and The International Business Times, magazines such as PC Magazine, PC World, and Inc. Magazine , security-related publications such as Secure Computing , and industry specific news venues such as BankInfoSecurity, the International Bar Association , Risk Management Magazine, and Government Info Security News.
Steinberg's May 2003 article 'SSL VPN Security' published by SANS introduced an awareness of critical security issues created by SSL VPN technology; after its publication, nearly every SSL VPN vendor acted upon the concerns and recommendations made in the article.
Steinberg has been credited with educating the public about a modern version of a classic phone fraud scam and a price gouging scam in the energy sector.
In 2014, Steinberg criticized the current generation of smartguns, finding their embedded technology inadequate for emergency situations. The NRA and foreign gun rights groups distributed his article.
Steinberg's Forbes articles have been syndicated and translated. Individual articles by Steinberg have been quoted in over 1,000 online and print venues, shared over 10,000 times on social media, and ranked as top performers on Forbes' website.
As author of the official textbook for ISSMP exam preparation, Steinberg has direct influence over the corpus of information studied by professionals specializing in information-security management.
Other work
Steinberg is credited with reporting the first information security vulnerability published by the CERT Coordination Center after the 9/11 attacks.
Awards
* Forty under 40 award, 2007, NJBiz
Personal life
Steinberg us a lifelong resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, for which he served as Chairman of its Financial Advisory Board from 2008-2010.
He has served in leadership positions within the NYU alumni organization, and the Weizmann Institute of Science.

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