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Most people probably would read the title of this blog post and think, “another idiot hit ‘Reply All’” and pissed a bunch of people off and Michael thinks it is funny”. Well, you would right on two and three quarters of those points because the person who hit Reply All is not an idiot. In […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…for this interview? It is titled "Embedding security has drawbacks says TippingPoint chief architect", but the explanation Brian Smith gives is about as weak as the American dollar. Did TippingPoint marketing write the questions? Sheesh. Look, there is a need for embedded security AND security on the edge. It really comes down to your business. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Internet is a nuisance. Really, it is. It never ceases to amaze me how much "trouble" the Internet causes. Now I will be the first to say that it is possibly the best innovation in human history. But at the same time, it has also caused more problems, headaches, and heartaches than almost any […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went out to see one of our customers this week who had their web app pwned a while back. This is the second client since I have been with Accuvant that we were trying to help via our security assessment services who got smacked around before they could make up their mind to spend […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have always been hesitant to use friends within companies as a means to getting business. I just think it is a very dangerous move and can kill the friendship along with the business deal if something goes south. I have had two instances of this happen this week. One involves a former coworker of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, I am back from our annual sales kickoff meeting. The week was rough, but the content was great, especially the last day (we had a three of our top SE’s teaching our processes and how to be a more effective SE – the sales people were in there as well, so they got a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Websense is buying PortAuthority for $90 million. If you are not familiar with them, PortAuthority makes a leak prevention security product. This makes sense in the Websense model, but I like the deal for another reason. This tells me that Websense may be seeing the light finally and is trying to diversify a little so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was reading through my many newsletters I receive daily, and I ran across a couple of articles about security vendors warning about spam, spyware, phishing, the mob and hackers teaming up, etc. As I was reading those headlines, I found myself quickly sneering and thinking these were nothing but more FUD from people trying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A while back, when I was in the operations side of security, I wrote a series about how to be a good security admin / manager. It was fairly successful and got some good play out there in the blogosphere, so I figured that I would write something akin to those posts in a blatant attempt […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everyone seems to be commenting on the Counterpane acquisition by BT. But unlike most of the “analyst” type comments out there (here, here, and here), I want to comment about this acquisition from my not-too-long-ago viewpoint of a security manager. First all, with all respect to Mr. Schneier, I was never impressed with Counterpane. They pitched to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…but it is also one big pain in the neck! I have been thrown into the process of answering an RFP (request for proposal) for a city government down here in Texas, and I cannot begin to tell you how tedious and ridiculously complicated the whole process can be. RFPs can be complicated enough with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have decided to start putting down some of the day-to-day events with this new job. I think it will actually help stir my mind to blog more since I have not been writing near enough lately. So here goes. I have actually been kinda bored since my recent job change. Though I have been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Go listen here. Thanks again to Alan and Mitchell for having me on the panel. And thanks to the panel for a great discussion. Vet
I forgot to mention that I was a guest panelist on Alan Shimel’s SSAATY podcast last night. This was a great panel. I had a great time, and I think we really hit some key points and offered some solutions to security admins and managers out there that need some help selling security to execs. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Karn Griffen over at the the Information Security Gurus blog mentions my post about getting out of security management. He has a good post today about how we should all be getting out of the front lines when there are so many possibilities with outsourcing. He also commented on that same post, where he said […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OK, let me start this out with a disclaimer: I am going to work for Accuvant (as most of you know by now since I can’t stop blogging about it), and they are a big Juniper reseller. They do not sell Cisco, so they drink the purple Kool-Aid. Also, I am a fan of Juniper when […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just read this post by Richard Bejtlich at Taosecurity. Basically, a guy was trying to come up with an ROI for security, trying to show management where security adds value in actual dollars. Richard is correct that there really ain’t no such animal. I have never figured out a way to show my CEO […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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