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