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I travel a lot. It has been almost ten years since I had a job that was based in the same place I live. Whenever I get a call from friends and family the first question I get is “where are you?” People who have known me for years but do not stay in touch have a different question: “What are you doing now?” Other than a four year stint at Gartner I have never had the same employer for more than two years.
Followers of this blog will remember when it moved from the independently hosted ThreatChaos.com to ZDNet two years ago. That was coincident with my departure from Webroot Software, the anti-spyware company. (see Webroot loses voice). Well, it has been a great two years here at ZDNet. The folks at CNET (ZDNet is part of CNET not the troubled ZiffDavis. That still confuses people.) have created the most mature collection of tech blogs on the Internet and I have enjoyed being part of the ZDNet blogging community. But, I think they are pretty well covered on security now with the likes of George Ou, Larry Dignan, and newly joined Nate McFeters.
Time for a change. I have recently stepped down from my position as Chief Marketing Officer with Fortinet, Inc. to pursue yet another start-up opportunity. It will be in the networking and security space. I have been traveling the world lining up the new business and hope to announce it during RSA this year. In the meantime I have moved my blog as well. I am moving to what I think of as the most important publication in the networking arena, NetworkWorld Magazine. On reflection there has been no publication with more influence on my career than NetworkWorld. From Ellen Messmer’s original coverage of my historic visit to the Pentagon to the subsequent addition of my name to the list of 50 Most Powerful People in Networking, to my inaugural column on Checkpoint Software, Network World has been a strong influence on the many twists and turns my professional career has taken.
So, I feel little regret that I am going to lose my hard to achieve ranking at Technorati, or my Google Page Rank, by starting a fresh security blog called Stiennon on Security at Networkworld. Please check the new blog often for continued thoughts and coverage on hacking, cyber crime, cyber warfare, and malfeasance.
UPDATE: Seccom Global, a managed security service provider offering all of the benefits of UTM with out-sourced security has been officially launched.
posted by Richard Stiennon
March 9, 2008 @ 11:00 am
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