Kelly Jackson Higgins is the executive editor of Dark Reading. She is an award-winning veteran technology and business journalist with more than two decades of experience in reporting and editing for various publications, including Network Computing, Secure Enterprise Magazine, Virginia Business magazine, and other major media properties. Jackson Higgins was recently selected as one of the Top 10 Cybersecurity Journalists in the U.S., and named as one of Folio's 2019 Top Women in Media. She began her career as a sports writer in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and earned her bachelor's degree at William & Mary.