~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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