December 8, 2008 - Management Training - #69

Mike's Pep Talk:

"It would be better if you begin to teach others only after you yourself have learned something."
-- Albert Einstein

I am a fortunate guy. The journey I'm on continues to amaze and astound me. I viewed The Pragmatic CSO as my opportunity to give a little back based on all of the great people that have taught me the ropes through the years. Though I don't have as much time to devote to P-CSO pursuits as I'd like, which is clearly evidenced by the lack of newsletters and podcasts of late, it's time to revisit the content and give folks that haven't been exposed to it another chance to get Pragmatic.

I've partnered with the folks at the Business of Security site to run a series of webcasts and virtual peer group sessions to run folks through the boot camp I put together a year ago. In this kind of economic environment, it's all the more critical that every security professional be focused on adding value and selling the benefits of security. Being Pragmatic is certainly a time-proven method to doing that.

The first session doesn't cost anything and will be held this Thursday via webcast. I'll run through the current state of security, and go into depth on the first section of the P-CSO - "Plan to be Pragmatic."

Even better, through the generosity of the Business of Security folks (and my employer, eIQ) I'm able to offer attendees to the session a 50% discount on the book and/or PDF. But to get the discount, you need to attend the session. 

SO, if you've been waiting to for the price of the P-CSO to come down - this is your chance.

There will also be a special discount for folks that want to participate in the peer group sessions. More details will be available during the session.

Here is the link to the registration page. I hope to see you on Thursday.

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