January 18, 2007 - Volume 2, #10
Good Morning:
Ah, the dashed hopes of a 6 year old started my morning. Here in Atlanta, we were supposed to get the first winter storm of the year. The first of maybe one or two that we get every year. But alas, upon waking up - it wasn't that cold and just kind of rainy and crappy. My 6 year old was very excited to have some snow (or maybe ice) to play in. She was little when we lived in Virginia and couldn't really appreciate what a pain in the ass snow is. So it was another day and off to the bus at 7 AM per usual. Thankfully, the boss and I spent time managing expectations last night, so she didn't have a meltdown this AM when the ground remained cruddy brown, not pearly white. Managing expectations applies to everything you do.
In security-land, there is a deal to discuss. Fortify "acquired" Secure Software (here [0]) - but it seems to be more akin to opening up a sales office in DC to attack the Federal market than "extending a lead." So now Fortify is the self-proclaimed leader in a market of two. I also rant a bit about the SIEM market (here [0]), using a new release by the Big Yellow to once again reinforce my thoughts on the topic.
In blog land, it seems that printer attacks are now all the rage (here [0]). Personally, I think this is a bunch of security research guys without enough to do. I guess if you have a PC-based printer controller, then there is a potential problem. But of all the bots out there, I don't think a lot of them are spewing out postscript as their day job. I also found a good post on improving vendor pitches to analysts (here [0]). Read this if you are a vendor, it will save both of us some heartburn.
Have a great day.
PS: My second shipment of Pragmatic CSO - The Book arrives tomorrow, so if you are waiting to get your hands on one - the books will go out tomorrow and I'll finally have some inventory. If you aren't waiting for your copy - why not? Go buy it today.
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