{"id":94804,"date":"2021-10-21T23:52:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T06:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?page_id=94804"},"modified":"2024-08-26T23:14:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T06:14:17","slug":"about-joshua-long","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/about-joshua-long\/","title":{"rendered":"About Joshua Long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-94805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Joshua-Long-Intego-bio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><strong>Joshua Long<\/strong> is Intego&#8217;s Chief Security Analyst. Josh is a renowned security researcher and writer, and an award-winning public speaker, with more than 25 years of experience battling cyber threats. He has a master&#8217;s degree in Information Technology with a concentration in Internet Security.<\/p>\n<p>Josh conducts original research into a variety of cybersecurity topics, and is a regularly featured public speaker at international cybersecurity and tech conferences. Apple has publicly acknowledged Josh for discovering an Apple ID password validation vulnerability. Josh&#8217;s security research is often featured by major tech and mainstream news outlets worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>For more than 350 episodes spanning more than six years, Josh has co-hosted the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.intego.com\/\">Intego Mac Podcast<\/a>, a weekly news program, with veteran Mac journalist Kirk McElhearn. Josh\u00a0also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Intego&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/\">The Mac Security Blog<\/a>, the world&#8217;s leading Apple security news site.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Josh on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theJoshMeister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud835\udd4f\/Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/theJoshMeister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@theJoshMeister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mastodon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/social.thejoshmeister.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elsewhere<\/a>. You can also see a list of his most recent Intego <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/author\/joshlong\/\">articles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.intego.com\/\">podcasts<\/a>, as well as his own site: <a href=\"https:\/\/security.thejoshmeister.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security.thejoshmeister.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Long is Intego&#8217;s Chief Security Analyst. Josh is a renowned security researcher and writer, and an award-winning public speaker, with more than 25 years of experience battling cyber threats. He has a master&#8217;s degree in Information Technology with a concentration in Internet Security. 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