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Incite 6/29/16: Gone Fishin’ (Proverbially)

Mike Rothman June 29, 2016 No Comments

It was a great Incite. I wrote it on the flight to Europe for the second leg of my summer vacation. I said magical stuff. Such depth and perspective, I even amazed myself. When I got to the hotel in Florence and went to post the Incite on the blog, it was gone. That’s right: G. O. N. E. And it’s not going to return. I was sore for a second. But I looked at Mira (she’s the new love I mentioned in a recent Incite) and smiled. I walked outside our hotel and saw the masses gathered to check out the awe-inspiring Duomo. It was hard to be upset, surrounded by such beauty. It took 3 days to get our luggage after Delta screwed up a rebooking because our flight across the pond was delayed, which made us upset. But losing an Incite? Meh. I was on vacation, so worrying about work just wasn’t on the itinerary. Over the years, I usually took some time off during the summer when the kids were at camp. A couple days here and there. But I would work a little each day. Convincing myself I needed to stay current, or I didn’t want things to pile up and be buried upon my return. It was nonsense. I was scared to miss something. Maybe I’d miss out on a project or a speaking gig. It turns out I can unplug, and no one dies. I know that because I’m on my way back after an incredible week in Florence and Tuscany, and then a short stopover in Amsterdam to check out the city before re-entering life. I didn’t really miss anything. Though I didn’t really totally unplug either. I checked email. I even responded to a few. But only things that were very critical and took less than 5 minutes. Even better, my summer vacation isn’t over. It started with a trip to the Jersey shore with the kids. We visited Dad and celebrated Father’s Day with him. That was a great trip, especially since Mira was able to join us for the weekend. Then it was off to Europe. And the final leg will be another family trip for the July 4th holiday. All told, I will be away from the day-to-day grind close to 3 weeks. I highly recommend a longer break to regain sanity. I understand that’s not really feasible for a lot of people. Fortunately getting space to recharge doesn’t require you to check out for 3 weeks. It could be a long weekend without your device. It could just be a few extra date nights with a significant other. It could be getting to a house project that just never seems to get done. It’s about breaking out of routine, using the change to spur growth and excitement when you return. So gone fishin’ is really a metaphor, about breaking out of your daily routine to do something different. Though I will take that literally over the July 4 holiday. There will be fishing. There will be beer. And it will be awesome. For those of you in the US, have a safe and fun July 4. For those of you not, watch the news – there are always a few Darwin Awards given out when you mix a lot of beer with fireworks. –Mike Photo credit: “Gone Fishing” from Jocelyn Kinghorn Security is changing. So is Securosis. Check out Rich’s post on how we are evolving our business. We’ve published this year’s Securosis Guide to the RSA Conference. It’s our take on the key themes of this year’s conference (which is really a proxy for the industry), as well as deep dives on cloud security, threat protection, and data security. And there is a ton of meme goodness… Check out the blog post or download the guide directly (PDF). The fine folks at the RSA Conference posted the talk Jennifer Minella and I did on mindfulness at the 2014 conference. You can check it out on YouTube. Take an hour. Your emails, alerts, and Twitter timeline will be there when you get back. Securosis Firestarter Have you checked out our video podcast? Rich, Adrian, and Mike get into a Google Hangout and… hang out. We talk a bit about security as well. We try to keep these to 15 minutes or less, and usually fail. May 31 – Where to Start? May 2 – What the hell is a cloud anyway? Mar 16 – The Rugged vs. SecDevOps Smackdown Feb 17 – RSA Conference – The Good, Bad and Ugly Dec 8 – 2015 Wrap Up and 2016 Non-Predictions Nov 16 – The Blame Game Nov 3 – Get Your Marshmallows Oct 19 – re:Invent Yourself (or else) Aug 12 – Karma July 13 – Living with the OPM Hack May 26 – We Don’t Know Sh–. You Don’t Know Sh– May 4 – RSAC wrap-up. Same as it ever was. Heavy Research We are back at work on a variety of blog series, so here is a list of the research currently underway. Remember you can get our Heavy Feed via RSS, with our content in all its unabridged glory. And you can get all our research papers too. Managed Security Monitoring Use Cases Evolving Encryption Key Management Best Practices Use Cases Part 2 Introduction Incident Response in the Cloud Age In Action Addressing the Skills Gap More Data, No Data, or Both? Shifting Foundations Understanding and Selecting RASP Buyer’s Guide Integration Use Cases Technology Overview Introduction Maximizing WAF Value Management Deployment Introduction Recently Published Papers Shining a Light on Shadow Devices Building Resilient Cloud Network Architectures Building a Vendor (IT) Risk Management Program SIEM Kung Fu Securing Hadoop Threat Detection Evolution Building Security into DevOps Pragmatic Security for Cloud and Hybrid Networks Applied Threat Intelligence Endpoint Defense: Essential Practices Best Practices for AWS Security The Future of Security Incite 4 U More equals less? Huh? Security folks are trained that ‘more’ is rarely a good

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