The Security Catalyst

Knowledge about what others are doing - a professional yardstick, if you will - is generally helpful to our efforts as security professionals. As the catalyst community continues to take shape, I have watched and participated in some excellent discussions. For me, that generally leads, then, to some sort of idea.

As a result, I am going to try a new “series” of short surveys designed to address topics that are considered important (by either the press or in the forums). The goal of these surveys is simple: keep them brief, keep them focused on topic and use the information to support those who participate. Hopefully, we can harness the power of working together and the virtual environment we have created to continue to provide benefit to us beyond the forums (and more is coming).

For our first survey, we are going to look at messaging security (spam filtering, anti-phishing and leak detection/prevention). I worked with fellow TCC member Josh Jabs to design this survey to address some core issues around how you and others are handling messaging security.

You can take the brief survey here: Click here to take the Security Catalyst Messaging Security Survey

This is our first attempt, so we tried to keep it simple. We are asking for email addresses and some other information to help qualify the results. At no time will any of this information be used on an individual basis. If you participate, you will have access to the immediate results (and can always ping me to get the latest). Once the survey is complete:

• the final results will be discussed in the forums
• everyone who participated will receive an emailed copy of the overview report
• participants will be invited to join a teleseminar/conference call where the results will be shared and the trends discussed

The hope is that the information collected helps make your job easier. You are welcome to share this link and encourage others to participate - the more who help, the better the result for us all. As always - comments or questions should come to me at securitycatalyst@gmail.com.

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