Derek Brink

VP and Research Fellow Aberdeen Strategy & Research (SWZD)

Derek E. Brink, CISSP VP and Research Fellow, Aberdeen Strategy & Research (a division of Spiceworks Ziff Davis) Adjunct Faculty, Harvard University and Brandeis University At Aberdeen, Derek helps organizations improve their cybersecurity and regulatory compliance initiatives by researching, writing about, and speaking about the technologies, people, and processes that correspond most strongly with leading performance. He also helps solution providers refine and communicate their value propositions and marketing messages to potential buyers by creating and leveraging high-quality, fact-based research content. Derek joined Aberdeen in 2007 with over 20 years of experience in high-tech strategy development and execution, corporate / business development, product management, and product marketing, including positions at RSA Security, IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Hewlett-Packard. He earned an MBA with honors from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Applied Mathematics with highest honors from the Rochester Institute of Technology. As adjunct faculty at Harvard University and Brandeis University, Derek teaches graduate-level courses in cybersecurity risk quantification and cybersecurity leadership.