StillSecure, After All These Years Podcast

Mitchell and I are joined this week by Bill Brenner. Bill is the senior editor at CSO Online. We have been trying to get him on as a guest since he was with searchsecurity.com!
Bill talks mostly about how the current economic crisis might effect the security industry. We also talk about the life of a security journalist and what is the next big thing in security.

The interview with Bill does not come on until around 17 minutes in. Mitchell and I first talk about a mess of things including Apple, Green NAC (but not Green Apples), M&A in security, etc.

Its good to be doing these podcasts regularly again. Hope you enjoy it!

If you have any questions, write to us at podcast@stillsecure.com

In episode #57 Alan and Mitchell interview industry luminary Tom Noonan, co-founder and former CEO of Internet Security Systems (ISS). Following IBM's acquisition and integration of ISS, Tom recently retired from IBM and is on the advisory board of Network-Based Entitlement Control (NBEC) company Rohati (http://www.rohati.com). Tom efforts at ISS truly helped shape the security industry by creating early automated vulnerability and intrusion detection products, the X-Force security research team, and ushered in the era of UTMs (Unified Threat Management). We spend some time understanding both how the security industry has changed and how the lessons from building ISS into an industry powerhouse apply to today's security market.

Michael Montecillo, a security practitioner who now works for analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) covering the security industry, joins us to talk everything from the undue influence and power of analysts on the market, to promoting Michael in a Brazilian Jujitsu match. How much do vendors influence analysts? Are analysts really independent when vendors hire them as consultants? Can vendors influence the amount and kind of coverage they get? Some analysts have taken to the practice of making predictions, like Gartner’s death of IDS, or Microsoft catering by 2011. We also turn the SSAATY Spotlight on Symantec who’s cannibalizing sales from their channel and the impact to Microsoft’s partners for the new hosted Microsoft Online Services. We record tonight’s podcast in the studios of Medioh thanks to our friend and faithful podcast engineer Scott Converse. Scott also gives an update on Medioh and the new video guide capabilities.

Episode 55 of SSAATY is a fun one. Mitchell and I are joined by JJ, Jenifer Jabbusch of Security Uncorked blog. JJ is someone I have gotten to know over the last year or so and she is a lot of fun. On top of that she is very technical and huge supporter of 802.1x, NAC and security in general.

JJ, Mitchell and I talk abour Rohati, NAC, 802.1x and a bunch of other stuff in our usal rambling, stream of consciousness style. It is about 40 minutes of informative good times.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to pod-o-matic for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Episode 55 of SSAATY is a fun one.  Mitchell and I are joined by JJ, Jenifer Jabbusch of Security Uncorked blog.  JJ is someone I have gotten to know over the last year or so and she is a lot of fun. On top of that she is very technical and huge supporter of 802.1x, NAC and security in general. JJ, Mitchell and I talk abour Rohati, NAC, 802.1x and a bunch of other stuff in our usal rambling, stream of consciousness style.  It is about 40 minutes of informative good times. If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Mitchell and I are back!  It has been a few months, but the stars finally lined up to allow us to record a show.  It was great being back behind the microphone again.  Mitchell and I discussed a number of topics: 1. Recent penetration of the FBI 2. TJX fires an employee for disclosing lax security 3. Barracuda makes an offer for Sourcefire 4. G.hos.st Along with the usual back and forth. Hopefully it will spur us on to do more of these podcasts!. If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Someone put chocolate in our peanut butter! Mitchell and I are lucky to be joined today by the dynamic duo of the Network Security Podcast, none other than Martin McKeay and Rich Mogull! In this Flintstones meet the Jetsons episode, the four of us discuss a couple of topics. Among them are: 1. What right to privacy do you have to information you post on line. Can employers use your "personal" web postings against you? As social networking proliferates can we keep a handle on what is known about us on line? 2. HP claims they employ 9 of the top 11 security hackers. What about Microsoft? Who are we kidding here? 3. A special message for security bloggers, podcasters and media types attending RSA. If you don't know what we are talking about, be sure to contact us at podcast@stillsecure.com If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Mitchell and I recorded this one in person at the sound studio of our friend Scott Converse. Scott is the driving force behind Clickcaster, which is the home of our podcast. Scott and the Clickcaster guys are now taking it to the next level with broadband TV  with a new company called, Medioh. Scott is a great guy and besides doing sound engineering duties on this one tells us all about some of the exciting stuff going on with Medioh. Mitchell and I also do our usual and discuss current security events. Among topics we discussed are the MySQL acquisition by Sun, Vernier Networks, and multi-gig IPS. Mitchell also makes a big announcement on a new career path (you will have to listen to find out). Be sure to check out Medioh.com for more info on what Scott and his posse are up to. If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Happy New Year to you all!  Sorry for the delay between podcasts but Mitchell and I were pretty busy with end of year and family business.  Episode 51 of the podcast is a good one with Brad Reese of Cisco Subnet fame.  Brad has some strong opinions about Cisco and their place in the marketplace. Of course Mitchell and I have some pretty strong opinions ourselves.  All in all it makes for some lively conversation that I think you will enjoy! If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com.

Podcast # 50 represents a return to form for Mitchell and I.  After thinking that a change was neccessary because of Mitchell's new profile, we decided that you don't mess with a good thing.  So StillSecure, After all these years is back the way it was! This episode has no special guest.  It is just Mitchell and I talking mostly security. Mitchell does a "converging minute" episode on SaaS and virtualization changing the IT landscape.  Other topics Mitchell and discuss among others are: 1. Is security slowing down the adoption of virtualization? 2. What good is "menstrual NAC" - you know the kind that only checks devices once a month and my new rules on NAC 3. The new space race to put IP technology into space being led by Cisco 4. Can UTM be 50% of the network security market?If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Episode 49 of the podcast is here and it features our first interview with a Pulitzer prize winner. Byron Acohido, of USA Today.  Byron is a friend of Mitchell's and while I was away in Germany, Mitchell was lucky enough to have Byron on for an interview.  Also, Mitchell and I talk about his life after StillSecure and of course talk a bit about some of the news in the security world.  Sorry it took so long in between podcasts.  We hopefully will get back to a regular schedule now, if I ever stop traveling! If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is new. We are using Paul Simon's "Still crazy, after all these years".  Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Episode 48 of SSAATY features our interview with Barracuda Networks CEO, Dean Drako. The interview does not start until about 16 minutes into the show. So if you would like to just listen to that, jump ahead to 16 minutes in. Dean gives us the inside scoop on what the Barracuda formula for success is. We also talk about open source, the SMB versus enterprise security market among other things. Great interview with a great guy and don't miss it! In the return of the converging minute, Mitchell talks a bit about virtualization. In this week in security we talk about Microsoft sneaking an update in, 3Com getting bought and a recent white paper on NAC by Joel Snyder. If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

  Continuing our series of NAC-tacular podcasts, todays show is one for the ages.  Mitchell and I turn the tables on some of the leading NAC journalists.  Mike Fratto of Information Week and the NAC Immersion Center, Matt Hines, senior writer for InfoWorld and Joel Snyder of Opus One and Network World. Joel, Mike, Matt, Mitchell and I dig pretty deep into NAC and what the current state of the technology is. If you are interested in NAC you will enjoy this show! If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Podcast #47 is all about web application security.  We are joined by Robert "RSnake" Hansen of ha.ckers.org and founder and CEO of SecTheory and  past SSAATY guest, Jeremiah Grossman, founder and CTO of Whitehat Security. Together with Mitchell and I (OK Mitchell and I listen a lot) we discuss the current state of web vulnerabilities, the near and short term future of web application security and what you can do to try and stay safe. It is a great discussion about one of the hottest topics in security today and you should not miss it! If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

Tonights special guest is Andreas M. Antonopoulos,  SVP and founding partner of Nemertes Research.  Nemertes is an up and coming research and analysis firm.  Andreas is a very sharp fellow who Mitchell and I have met with several times and we are always very impressed by him.   In this interview Andreas discusses a number of topics including convergence of networking and security, buyer patterns in security and the security market in general.  It is a lively almost 40 minutes of discussion.  We hope to have Andreas on again soon. Enjoy! If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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