Evidence-Based Security

About the Authors

Christopher Frenz is the AVP of IT Security for Mount Sinai South Nassau. Previously, he was the AVP of Information Security for Interfaith Medical Center where, under his leadership, they became one of the first hospitals to achieve a zero-trust network architecture. Frenz is a widely sought-after healthcare security expert and his expertise has been widely featured in numerous publications and conferences from around the world.

He serves as the Chair of the AEHIS Incident Response Committee and is the leader of the OWASP Anti-Ransomware Guide and OWASP Secure Medical Device Deployment Standard projects. Frenz has won numerous industry awards for his security contributions with the most recent being honored as a Healthcare Hero by CHIME for his work on helping hospitals withstand the onslaught of cyber attacks that occurred during the COVID pandemic.

Jonathan Reiber is Vice President for Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy at the cybersecurity start-up AttackIQ, where he leads research, communications, and strategy initiatives to help organizations become more secure. Previously he held a senior fellowship at Berkeley’s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and spent seven years in the Obama administration as a speechwriter and strategist in the Defense Department. A frequent public speaker about security and technology and extremism, his commentary has appeared in TIME Magazine, Foreign Policy, Lawfare, The Atlantic Monthly, Fortune Magazine, and Literary Hub ...