Derek E. Brink

Vice President and Research Fellow, Aberdeen Strategy & Research

Derek Brink joined Aberdeen in 2007 with more than 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 also teaches graduate-level courses in cybersecurity risk quantification and cybersecurity leadership.

OnDemand Panel | Hone your Disaster Recovery Strategy for the Age of Ransomware and Recession

Presented by Derek E. Brink , Biren Jalal, Acronis , James Slaby, Director of Cyber Protection, Acronis , Raymond Sue, Acronis • October 17, 2022

Ransomware remains the top security threat in 2022, as cybercriminals keep upping their malware creation, distribution and extortion game. It is especially dire for smaller companies, as a successful ransomware attack can literally put them out of business. Yet ransomware doesn’t sit at the center of most...

OnDemand | Cyber Experts Analyze: The Impact of Credential Stuffing & Account Takeover in Finance

Presented by Kim DeCarlis , Derek E. Brink • November 8, 2021

Digital banking has grown 52% in recent years, and with that growth has come a surge in bot-driven account takeover (ATO) attacks. For financial institutions, automated fraud has grown from a cost of doing business to become a material business risk. Join us for a live webinar as Derek Brink, CISSP, Aberdeen...

PCI 2010: Trends and Technologies

Presented by Anton Chuvakin , Derek E. Brink , Tom Field , Craig Tieken • October 21, 2009

What is the future of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI)? In 2009, PCI was discussed in the context of the Heartland Payment Systems and RBS WorldPay data breaches - is the standard adequate, and what does compliance mean? In 2010, the talk will be about the next-generation PCI standard - the...