August 11, 2006
Good Morning:
Friday, friday, friday. This week felt pretty long to me, but I suspect not to the security industry that seems to be on vacation this week. It really is the dog days of August. Of course, the new airline security rules are top of mind for a lot of folks and flying yesterday was a real hassle. It took my father-in-law about 12 hours to get from Reagan National to Atlanta yesterday. He could have driven and saved 2 hours. And he is now without his trusty Listerine, which was confiscated at the security checkpoint. Thankfully I have an extra stash for emergencies.
This week also seemed to be the week of NAC. Last night, we (Hoff, Shimel, Stiennon and I) did a Security Roundtable podcast (or MobCast [1] as Chris Hoff called it) with Martin McKeay on the NAC vs. Secure Fabric conversation. Suffice it to say, we had a lot of good discussion but no real consensus or answers. I guess that's what happens when you get a bunch of rock heads on the phone at the same time. Lots of sparks, but no movement. But it was fun, I love debate and there was plenty of that.
Speak of NAC, I posted some thoughts from my friend Mark Bouchard on the topic yesterday (amazingly enough Mark doesn't agree with me) and it got Hoff and Stiennon to weigh in via comments as well. So check out the piece (here [1]) and definitely read the comments. Nothing like a good bit of back and forth.
Have a great weekend.
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On not wasting time
I have to admit that sometimes writing pretty personal stuff on my blog is weird. But it's also cathartic. A good friend sent me a pretty nasty note on a recent post, and it really made me take a step back and try to understand why I'm so bitter about my marketing experiences. The good news is that I'm so much happier now than I was a year ago. More good news is that I'm able to describe why in this post and it gets back to doing what you love without worrying about the payoff. To be clear, I hope that some of you get value out of my personal preaching, but ultimately these are ramblings that I write for me, so that at some point in the future I'll be able to look back and get a feel for what I was thinking, and remember why I do the things I do.
http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/on-not-wasting-time [27]
Bouchard says Scratch AND Sniff
Not wanting to be left out of the party, my old friend, former META colleague and all around great guy, Mark Bouchard was kind enough to let me post some of his thoughts on the NAC and Secure Fabric discussions that have engulfed us over the past week. Mark brings up some interesting points, but also check out the comments because Chris Hoff (per usual) takes some issues with Mark's position.
http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/bouchard-says-scratch-and-sniff [27]
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