Blogging shortage
I’m not sure if any of you have noticed, but my blogging frequency has been hurting lately. And honestly, I am not sure how long it will be before it picks up again. I am trying to figure out how to refocus myself because my job has changed so much. I am now traveling to Dallas and elsewhere quite a bit, which is making me spend a lot more time focusing on my family when I am home instead of working on my blogs.
And honestly, this job at Accuvant has changed my focus as a security professional. Instead of looking at security from the standpoint of fighting in the trenches, I am looking at security from the viewpoint of which product will fix which problem. Accuvant is a lot more than a VAR, believe me. But as an SE, I have to figure out how our services and our partners’ products fit in different companies. That means I have to know security, but it does not lend itself to knowing trends in the real security world. It just makes me know product better. Not necessarily a bad thing, and it can give up a lot of blog fodder. However, posting about what products people are buying is not where I want my blog to go. That’s just too much like being an analyst (no offense Rothman).
So I am trying to figure out how I can make this blog meaningful to my readers out there AND stay true to security. I just don’t know how to do that yet, so I am not sure how much I will be posting. I will be trying to up my posting frequency to my Computerworld blog. I think I should do more for them. They are good folks over there.
So anyway, if you have some suggestions for me, please let me know. But until I figure out how to focus on true security issues and not just product talk, the posting will probably be light over here for a while.
But I also ask a favor. Please don’t delete my feed. Just be patient.
Vet
