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The Ashimmy BlogWritings on work, kids and network security
I was all set to write a post today commenting on Ellen Messmer’s article about Forrester’s picks for winner and losers in security. But that post will have to wait. Instead I am compelled to chime in on the firestorm...
OK I have to admit it. I downright laughed when I read Ellen Messmer’s article this morning in Network World about BYOD ushering in a revival of the NAC market. Really? Really? After I stopped laughing, I read some more....
The security industry has followed a moat and castle strategy of defense for some time now. Collectively, tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars or more has been spent on placing security technology at the perimeter of...
I am working with the IBM Midmarket group on a webinar on May 15th at 2pm eastern time. The webinar: Mid-Market in the Crosshairs: Why Cybercriminals Are Targeting Midsize Organizations and How to Foil Them We will pay particular attention...
For many mid-market and SMB firms one of the benefits of using Apple Macs was that you didn’t have to worry too much about security. At least that was the perception. So besides the "coolness factor" of using a sleek...
I have written about Richard Stiennon’s view of UTM’s as a Godbox before. I don’t blame Richard for advocating and thinking that UTM’s really do everything they advertise themselves as doing and even for thinking people really do turn on...
I am appearing on a webinar tomorrow with my friends at Spectorsoft. The webinar is free and one attendee will win an iPad3. The details are below: Date: April 18, 2012 | Time: 2:00 PM EST Attend and learn about...
So it seems that my post both here and on Network World about my recent experience with Spam Cop has touched some nerves in the anti-spam community. I understand, no one likes to hear that their baby is ugly or...
In my 20+ years of working in technology and the Internet I have learned many lessons. One of the things I have learned is that when the medicine is worse than the sickness, it is time to get a new...
Every year after our RSA Security Bloggers Meet up I am asked why we don’t have bloggers meet ups at other large security conferences. (I think we had one once during Black Hat. I remember Rich Mogull, Amrit Williams and...
Lets face it South Florida is not Mecca for the information security world. But it is home for me. So as I wrote about before I was pleasantly surprised to run into my old friend Jeani Park a few months...
Well it looks like a missed a good time up at the InfoSec show in Orlando. My friend Jeani Park from Spectorsoft was going and I was thinking about joining her, but had too much to do back at my...
I am happy to report that the good folks at CompTIA have signed on to be a sponsor of the security bloggers network (SBN). Thanks very much to CompTIA! If you are not familiar with CompTIA they offer a full...
I was reading Brian Krebs follow up article on the Global Payments breach this morning that something less than 1.5 million credit card records may have been stolen in this mess. How much less is still open. Could be 50k,...
So now that the dust has settled and we have all had time to reflect on what we saw, heard and experienced at RSA Conference this year, I wanted to talk about three key takeaways from this years conference. Before...
How The Changing Face Of Mid-Market IT Is Going To Change Your Security StrategyFri, 16 Mar 2012 08:09:52 PDT
Now that I have had a few days home from the RSA Conference to digest what I saw and heard, I am more convinced than ever that we are on the cusp of a sea change in IT. This profound...
I am happy to report that Security BSidesLV is now open for sponsors! Our theme is "In Search Of . . . Security Pros. If you are looking for real security professionals and people who take security seriously, BSides is...
As I wrote about earlier this years RSA Security Bloggers Meet-up was the best one yet! We had over 170 people, mentalists/magicians, photo booths, great food, top shelf liquor and most of all the best, coolest people in the security...
Note: I had written this before RSA but did not have a chance to post. So a bit late, but still relevant: Ellen Messmer over at Network World had a good article about 13 Security Myths that maybe you shouldn’t...
Living down here in South Florida, I am always excited to find out about security companies right here in my own backyard. About a month or so ago I came across Spectorsoft, where my old friend Jeani Park is now...
Now that RSA is over it is time for my annual rant on how we sell security. As my friend Mike Rothman wrote, this years RSA was full of optimism, race cars and booth babes. The optimism was a refreshing...
Alert Logic Cloud Security Report Shows Cloud Security Is Different and the Cloud May Be SaferMon, 05 Mar 2012 11:01:27 PST
With all of the rush around RSA week last week, I didn’t get a chance to post on the "State of Cloud Security" report published by my friends at Alert Logic last week. I think this first installment of what...
Is Security Event and Information Management (SEIM) Finally Coming To The Mid-Market?Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:46:24 PST
If you speak to many analysts in the information security space they will tell you that all roads lead to SEIM. Security Event and Information Managers represent the pinnacle of security technology. They proverbially tie the bow around all of...
Having spent the week at RSA observing and talking to the security industry I feel that we are on the threshold of a new era in security. After lamenting a lack of innovation and bemoaning nothing new under the sun...
So the 6th annual Security Bloggers Meet up at RSA Conference is now in the books. I don’t know about you but I thought it was our biggest and best one yet! We had about 170 folks at the party...
