RSA Day 1,2,3… I am Not Really Sure…Bong Su and Security Guns That Have to Kill You
Posted in Blogging, Civic Issues, In The Press, Instant Messenger, Security, Skype, VoIP Fanatics by wayne.porter on February 7th, 2007 Events are now moving in a blur, a real fast blur- sleep is a premium…practice runs (Thanks Ken of RSA), tweaking presentations, events to attend, events to crash (Thanks Jeff of MSFT), events I had to miss due to fatigue and deals to do and more people to meet. PG and were able to meet or spot some true security greats (not to mention the nice letter from Mr. Gates- grand.), we played spot the Fed, and I met one guy who can remember when the RSA event was like 5 or so people. I’d say more about that, but he is one of those guys who would like have to kill me and stuff- my CEO even warned me this was so. I won’t go there, but security people, especially the security guns of old, are always really and simply *fascinating*. Just when I think my life is all pear-shaped- their lives are like…golly whiz.
Now I am so dead tired at this point I haven’t the effort to even tackle a proper blog entry- so i have conceded that to PaperGhost of VitalSecurity fame who seems to be holding up better despite his trip to Madrid where he was accosted by a pirate (ask him). After three + straight weeks on the road I can’t even muster up the energy to FTP up a photo string with nifty quips…ok so you get one…PG and I preparing to go into Bong Su to talk with various security-like types and eat strange things and drink wine- it was a good turn out and chance to meet up with colleagues, journalists and co-workers. Somehow we ended up at the Microsoft bash a few hours later- interesting and we met more cool people, although I think PG was more fascinated by the comic things on the wall.
Watch for more coverage at SpywareGuide.com’s Greynets Blog- if Chris hasn’t passed out. Sooner or later I am sure the Zango film or pic where I have a (or what I felt was a ) calm- ok- animated cellphone chat on the show floor with the Zango rep who missed me twice, it will probably make the rounds sooner or later…but no one was harmed. (Can someone tell ME where the FTC issues certifications? I doubt it.)
Photo below. We dressed up on our own accord, but after the event I expect we’ll revert to tee-shirts with obtuse slogans and jeans.
Oh yes… for those who asked me the last few days, the rumors about Facetime and Skype are confirmed true. Naturally I can not talk about unconfirmed stories…since it is no longer merely VoIP security speculation- there you go.
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