HLS Watch: Founder and Editor
Christian Beckner is the founder and editor of Homeland Security Watch. As of February 2007, he is no longer actively involved with the site.
Until January 2007, Beckner was a senior homeland security analyst in the Business Consulting Services division of IBM Corporation. Before joining IBM, he worked as a fellow in the Homeland Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), was a senior advisor to the Civitas Group LLC, and was a senior associate at the consulting firm The O’Gara Company. He holds an MBA and Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) from Georgetown University, a BA from Stanford University, and is originally from Washington state.
Disclaimer
The posts by Christian Beckner on this website were written consistent with IBM’s guidelines on employee blogs. These posts solely reflected the personal views of the author and did not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM and IBM management.
Relevant Prior Publications:
Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations: An Analysis, 2006
Global Movement Management: Securing the Global Economy, IBM, 2005
Sensors and Homeland Security: A Market Assessment, Civitas Group, 2005
Untangling the Web: Congressional Oversight and the Department of Homeland Security, CSIS, 2004
The Homeland Security Market, Civitas Group, 2004
