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18 Jan 2013Dear Neal Boortz,
With this being your final day on the air, I thought it would be appropriate for me to send you a note of thanks for all you've done for me the past 20 years or so that I've listened to your radio show. Rather than wax poetic in paragraph format I want to list out the things you've taught me that have greatly enhanced my life.Neal, you have taught me:To ...
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24 Jul 2012
This week’s webcast on common sense security
Join me and Phil Owens of GFI tomorrow (Wednesday July 24, 2012) as we wax poetic about what it really takes to have a reasonable layered security defense against malware:Defense in Depth: The Layered Approach to IT Security Crashed systems, data theft, decreased productivity, revenue loss, reputation loss – today’s malware threats can cause critical damage to your business. IT professionals, now more than ever, need a method of in-depth protection ...
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20 Jun 2012
Want to know the traits of top infosec leaders?
Join me in 24 hours for my webinar with EC-Council (the folks behind the CEH, Certified Ethical Hacker, certification) titled Four Traits of Successful Information Security Leaders.I'll share with you my experiences and mistakes as an information security leader as well some observations I've made of those at the top of their game over the past 11 years I've spent working for myself. There will be a Q&A at the ...
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28 May 2012
Thank a veteran
Saw this, unsure who wrote it, but I really like it:It is the veteran, not the preacher, who has given you freedom of religion.It is the veteran, not the reporter, who has given you freedom of the press.It is the veteran, not the poet, who has given you freedom of speech.It is the veteran, not the protester, who has given you freedom to assemble.It is the veteran, not the lawyer, ...
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14 Mar 2012
My upcoming webcast with Checkmarx: How to Use Source Code Analysis to Improve Information Security
Join me next week, Thursday March 22, for a quick webcast where I'll be co-presenting on the topic of source code analysis and how it can improve your information security over time. I'm convinced that source code analysis is one of the missing links in the overall security process. As I say all the time: you cannot secure what you don't acknowledge. Ignoring security flaws at the source can be ...
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14 Mar 2012
My Atlanta CDW/TechTarget seminar
We had a friendly and larger than expected crowd at our event CDW/TechTarget information security seminar yesterday. Thanks to those who came out!My favorite part of these events is learning new ideas from the participants and the other speakers. In this ever-changing world in which we work, it's hard to keep up and there's certainly no way to know it all. Every little nugget helps. Looking forward to an even ...
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01 Mar 2012
My final takeaway from #RSAC
I said my farewell to the RSA Conference Tuesday evening but had some final thoughts about the show that I wanted to share with you.In addition to the keynotes I talked about, I attended a mock trial session involving malware, a digital certificate acquired for ill-gotten gains, and a healthcare company that ignored all things HIPAA (heard that a million times!) as well as a session by HP's Jacob West ...
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28 Feb 2012
Video: #RSAC 2012 is off and running
I'm live at the RSA Conference and here are my thoughts on the first two keynotes along with why you need to come to this show....
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24 Feb 2012
CDW-TechTarget seminars are back this year – join me in Atlanta soon
Great news - I'll be speaking at the CDW-TechTarget roadshows again this year! Our first show kicks off in Atlanta on March 13th and then we start zig-zagging across the country every few weeks until late September. For most of the shows I'll be giving two presentations:Adapting Your Old-School Network Security Agenda to Today's New-School Security Challenges ...and:Ensuring Security Controls in an Anytime, Anywhere Access EnvironmentThere will also be vendor ...
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08 Feb 2012
Introducing my information security YouTube channel – PrincipleLogic
Check out my new YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/PrincipleLogic): I'm really excited about this. More videos coming soon.I plan to post video blogs once or twice a week so be sure to subscribe on YouTube or via my RSS feed.Enjoy!...
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