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The latest installment of the SSAATY podcast is up and available. Michael Montecillio, a security practitioner and analyst with Enterprise Management Associates, stops by to join Alan and me on the podcast. After tricking Michael into a setup Brazilian Jujitsu match with Chris Hoff, we turn our attention to more serious matters; the roll of analysts in the network security industry.

The Springboks (53) destruction of the Wallabies (8) was the sort of defeat that gives massacres a bad name. This was a thrashing, a walloping and a devastation. Go through the thesaurus to find all the words for a massacre - a general slaughter, utter defeat, destruction and so on - and you

The Wallabies have received a major boost ahead of their Tri Nations Test against South Africa in Johannesburg with rugged flanker Rocky Elsom successfully appealing his suspension for dangerous play. Read More…

Sitting on the sideline during last weekend’s breakthrough win by the Wallabies made Adam Ashley-Cooper very nervous. Read More…

The Wallabies are expecting a grumpy Rocky Elsom to turn on the intimidation in Saturday’s crucial Tri-Nations Test against South Africa following his recovery from injury to be named in Australia’s side.

Well, I have to say that we had a great time last night, "networking" in Las Vegas at the Black Hat conference. A whole crew of us checked out the various vendor bashes, including the Qualys and Fortify parties.

I finally got around to reading Seth Godin's book The Dip and I have to say, it's a two thumbs up read. It's actually a very challenging book to read. Not a hard or a long book, but a book that really challenges you. Seth's premise, and I agree, is that anything truly worth doing (to you) experiences an initial honeymoon period followed by the dip.

As some of you know, my friend Mitchell Ashley and his wife Mary Ellen have been battling against breast cancer for over 3 years now. It has been a roller coaster ride for both of them and I have seen first hand how much courage it has taken for Mitchell to deal with this scourge, let alone the courage that Mary Ellen has in battling this disease.

I've started a new blog called Breast Cancer For Husbands.com. As many of you know, my wife and I have battled her breast cancer together over the past three years. There have been highs and lows, struggles and victories, and through it all breast cancer is something we battle both together and on our own.

I enjoyed a really great session yesterday with a few of the teams at TechStars in Boulder. The room was filled with two things; passionate entrepreneurs, and people looking to help each other. Four companies presented in rapid succession their 10 minute investment pitches with some time for Q&A.