As founding Publisher of the CSO media brand, the leading information resource for security, risk, and privacy leaders, Bragdon spent 21 years leading the global operations for the full CSO product line, which helped to define the role of the CSO/CISO in corporations. Through CSO magazine, its companion website CSOonline.com and through CSO events, he has helped to educate security leaders and advance the CSO/CISO position to the senior executive, business-aligned role that it is today. A well-respected name in the both the security and media industries, he has cultivated relationships among the world’s leading CSOs and CISOs, law enforcement, policy makers, and security vendors by providing thought leadership to identify, interpret and address the challenges of today's complex security and risk management environments. Bragdon has hosted and/or spoken as a subject matter expert at more than 1,000 CSO-level live events, more than 200 CSO-level virtual events, and more than 150 vendor webcasts. He has also contributed, as a subject matter expert, to more than 250 pieces of security and risk management content.