OK, maybe not a complete success. We had 8 people show up (including me). But for the first one I can confidently say that it wasn’t a bust.
If it wasn’t for the AlertLogic guys showing up (they were early, I might add) the gathering would have been sparse. And Misha dancing on the bar really made the night lively. OK, he didn’t dance on the bar, but Misha said I should make up stories to draw more people in next time, so there you go.
Harvey Nusz showed up. Harvey is a good guy and is very active in the security community down here in Houston and does a lot of compliance and security consulting. Thanks Harvey.
Sam Van Ryder was there. Sam is a good friend and is a SALES GUY (inside joke from last night) at AlertLogic. Thanks Sam.
Like I said above, Misha Govshteyn was there. Misha is the co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at AlertLogic. Very cool guy. Needs to blog more, though. Thanks Misha.
Johnathan Norman was there as well. He is one of the AlertLogic smart guys. Specifically, he is the operations manager over there. He showed me around their SOC a while back. And he’ll shoot me for this, but he is a dead ringer for Tiger Woods (except he didn’t have Elin Nordegren with him, which was disappointing to Misha). Thanks Johnathan.
Jeremy (didn’t get his last name) from AlertLogic showed up with the rest of the team (I told you these guys were everywhere). Jeremy is another smart guy over there. He is on the security research team, so he spends his time looking for new bad stuff coming out. I had some good conversation with Jeremy. Very smart guy. Thanks Jeremy.
Ronald Blakemore was also there (he heard about the gig via Harvey Nusz). Ron is an independent IT compliance consultant, and was one interesting individual. He has seen a lot of stuff, and he had a lot to say about compliance. I learned some stuff from him last night. Thanks Ron.
And last but certainly not least was Randle Moore, owner of Set Solutions. I have known Randle for a while now via the security industry. Randle is a good guy and is looking to build his professional services team at Set Solutions, so if you need some work, shoot him a line. Thanks Randle.
And then there was me. Of course, I need no introduction.
Thanks guys for showing up. I think I will try to do this every quarter. I might actually do a little more next time as far as making it more formal, buying some food (I did buy some appetizer trays last night), etc. And I am trying to decide whether a weeknight or a weekend night is best for this. I know Cutaway’s opinion :), but if anyone has a suggestion, let me know.
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