My latest blog post for CIOUpdate.com went live this morning.  I talk about some of the trends I saw at RSA last week including emphasis on securing virtual and mobile environments.

RSA 2011- Industry Focusing on Virtualization, Mobility and Data — CIOUpdate.com.

I spoke at the Financial Planning Association’s annual meeting in Denver in October 2010 about information security.  Below you’ll see a copy of my slides.  I cover a lot of ground: protecting end points, antimalware, encryption, network security, wireless network security, regulatory compliance.  I also end with my take on where the whole security thing is going.

Physical Inspection – All necessary cables included, gets power over USB, Quick Install Guide printed in a booklet that got me up and running in minutes. Software utilities and setup are on included CD-ROM. The drive itself is a strong statement, or maybe not the drive itself but the case. It’s basically a solid metal enclosure with a fingerprint reader on top and a black silicone wrapper around the edges. It’s pretty cool looking, but a little bulky compared to other portable hard drives. I have doubts over its ruggedness. I think it is plenty rugged for the average laptop user on the go but it is not going to take the beating that I dished out to the rugged USB keys earlier this year. I’m pretty sure if I threw this off the roof or drove over it or smashed it between 2 dumbells it would die.

Installation – On my Microsoft Windows Vista 64 workstation I followed the quick start guide and connected it physically. it via IEEE 1394 Firewire 400. Windows found it and offered to format it for me. I realized it wanted to format the drive with the LaCie install apps so I canceled. I dug around on the install apps directory to find the LaCie Safe Manager referenced in the Quick Start guide. I then had to restart.

After I restarted, I swiped my finger on the drive and Windows asked me to format it.