Missing Link

As I write this, I realize that its usefulness to most of you who read my blog regularly is limited, at best.  For that, I apologize.  If you’re not someone interested in information security (and specifically, the technologies involved therein) you can safely skip this without missing anything you care about reading.

Back in January, PGP Corporation released a much anticipated update to their PGP Desktop lineup -PGP Desktop 10.0.  This update was much anticipated because it finally added support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.  The great benefit here is that those who would be so inclined to utilize whole disk encryption on mac, and choose PGP as their platform of choice, could now upgrade to Snow Leopard and have their drive encrypted.

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For a while now I’ve been thinking about, and really considering, my career.   In a few years time I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to do a lot of really cool things, from co-founding technology companies to building a security program around a federal government project.  It’s been a wonderful ride so far, and I’m thankful for each and every opportunity I’ve had in that regard.

In the course of considering my career – both where it’s been and where it’s going – I’ve come to a very important realization:  I don’t want a career in information security.

Let me say that again, for those of you who are shocked:   I do not want a career in information security.

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I’ve been awfully silent so far this year – more so than I should be.   A lot has been going on,  combined with me generally being lazy about finding something to write about.    It happens, and I’m sure those of you who have followed me this far have come to expect it.

The holidays that have passed were good,  and so far the new year has treated me pretty well. For the most part.

A little over a week ago,  8 days if you want to be picky,  Ann called me about 15 minutes before my alarm was set to wake me up.  I groggily answered the phone with “yeah, what’s up”

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