~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Security Leaders Group Newsletter September 4, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to the Security Leaders Group on LinkedIn. This is the third monthly newsletter for our group of security professionals, managers, consultants, and thought leaders. While the primary goal of a LinkedIn group is to facilitate networking we hope that this Security Leaders group will continue to have other benefits for its members.

Group News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This newsletter is meant to help introduce members to each other by sharing information about ourselves, our activities, and our experience. If you would like to share any of your blog postings, writings, news or thoughts please forward them to richard@it-harvestl.com As of today there are 1,140 members of the Security Leaders Group. I took a moment to do some data mining. This is the breakdown of membership by several countries: Country Members UK 98 France 47 Brazil 38 Israel 37 Canada 34 Belgium 18 Australia 16 Germany 6 Finland 5 Netherlands 4 Russian Fed 4 China 3 South Africa 2 Italy 1 Azerbaijan 1 Linkedin Introduces DISCUSSIONS In case you have not noticed, Linkedin has made it possible for us to hold discussions within our group. Visit the discussion page now to chime in on: What should the Security Leaders Group be doing? Call for contributors from editor of CXO Magazines. And new topics every day. This link to the discussion area might work. If not just go to Your Groups and click on the Discussion tab. Ground rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accepting membership in this group some very simple criteria were applied. Examples of requests that are denied: Individuals with no security expertise at all Representatives of vendors who are marketing or sales focused. (Executives, security experts who have transitioned to those roles, and any technical people are welcome). Recruiters. As you can see this is a group open to security professionals, thought leaders, and managers in the security space. Thank you for taking time to become a Security Leaders Group member and please feel free to reply to this email with suggestions for content for future editions of this newsletter. Best regards, Richard Stiennon and Marci McCarthy CEO Executive Alliance

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This morning I approved the 1,000th member of the Linkedin Security Leaders Group. He is a manager of Information Security at Indymac Bank in Bombay. As the group has grown it has expanded globally and includes security professionals, managers, journalists, and thought leaders from banks, governements, defense, homeland security, manufacturers, and schools.

I have started to recieve linkedin requests from group members. I am sure the other 999 members are using the group to expand their personal networks as well. Feel free to contact me if you have any input to the monthly newsletter.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Security Leaders Group Newsletter July 28, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to the Security Leaders Group on LinkedIn. This is the second monthly newsletter for our group of security professionals, managers, consultants, and thought leaders. While the primary goal of a LinkedIn group is to facilitate networking we hope that this Security Leaders group will continue to have other benefits for its members.

Group News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This newsletter is meant to help introduce members to each other by sharing information about ourselves, our activities, and our experience. If you would like to share any of your blog postings, writings, news or thoughts please forward them to richard.stiennon@seccomglobal.com As of today there are 940 members of the Security Leaders Group. New additions have slowed to about 15 a day, probably because so many people enjoying the summer. Ground rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accepting membership in this group some very simple criteria were applied. Examples of requests that are denied: Individuals with no security expertise at all Representatives of vendors who are marketing or sales focused. (Executives, security experts who have transitioned to those roles, and any technical people are welcome). Recruiters. As you can see this is a group open to security professionals, thought leaders, and managers in the security space. This month's blog postings by members: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cisco Pix is Dead. By Richard Stiennon Facebook is Creepy by Kai Roer Are Security Devices making us Lazy? by Dan Glass Updates from "Down Under" by Ismael Valenzuela And finally, a question from a journalist. Elisabeth Horwitt is writing a piece for ISC^2. She asks if anyone can share some experience of how Linkedin help them further their security career. Please contact her directly at ehorwitt@verizon.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for taking time to become a Security Leaders Group member and please feel free to reply to this email with suggestions for content for future editions of this newsletter. Best regards, Richard Stiennon CEO Seccom Global, Inc. and Marci McCarthy CEO Executive Alliance

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Security Leaders Group Newsletter Month Year ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to the Security Leaders Group on LinkedIn. This is the first monthly newsletter for what is rapidly becoming a large group of security professionals, managers, consultants, and thought leaders. While the primary goal of a LinkedIn group is to facilitate networking we hope that this Security Leaders group can have other benefits for its members.

Group News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This newsletter is meant to help introduce members to each other by sharing information about ourselves, our activities, and our experience. If you would like to share any of your blog postings, writings, news or thoughts please forward them to richard.stiennon@seccomglobal.com As of today there are 610 members of the Security Leaders Group. 20-30 new members are added every day. A cursory analysis shows most are US based but the UK, Australia, and Europe have strong representation as well. In Europe the Nordics are well represented. We have one member from Azerberjian. The best represented organizations are Orange, Microsoft, Cisco, and the major consulting firms. There are many security leaders from some of the top financial institutions in the world and a smattering of members from the armed forces. Ground rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accepting membership in this group some very simple criteria were applied. Examples of requests that are denied: Individuals with no security expertise at all Representatives of vendors who are marketing or sales focused. (Executives, security experts who have transitioned to those roles, and any technical people are welcome). Recruiters. As you can see this is a group open to security professionals, thought leaders, and managers in the security space. This month's blog postings by members: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 10 Leading R&D Centers in Israel By Alon Blankstein Obama and the Secrets T-shirts Tell By Wayne Porter The Infant, the Elephant and the Intelligent Event By Tim Bass Green security and UTM By Richard Stiennon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for taking time to become a Security Leaders Group member and please feel free to reply to this email with suggestions for content for future editions of this newsletter. Best regards, Richard Stiennon CEO Seccom Global, Inc. and Marci McCarthy CEO Executive Alliance

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