Charles Henderson

Charles Henderson is a seasoned executive who specializes in leading teams that test, monitor, respond to, and secure organizations around the world. Throughout his career, Charles and the teams he has managed have specialized in threat intelligence, incident response, penetration testing, adversary simulation, vulnerability management, and vulnerability research. Formerly leading IBM X-Force and Trustwave SpiderLabs, his teams' clients range from governments, to the largest on the Fortune lists, to small and midsized companies interested in improving their security posture or in need of assistance handling a security incident.

Charles is also an enthusiastic member of the information security community and an advocate of vulnerability research. He serves on the BlackHat review board, has been a featured speaker at various conferences around the world on various subjects relating to security testing and incident response - including Black Hat, DEFCON, RSA, and SXSW. He has also appeared on or in CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, CNN, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, The Register, SC Magazine, Engadget, eWeek, Reuters, Car & Driver, and various other media outlets.