I am back from four days of upland game hunting and brook
trout fly fishing in Western Colorado.
We shot plenty of game birds that we plan to cook and serve to our
friends. We carefully released all of
the Brookies for other anglers’ enjoyment. I watched wild turkeys eat crab apples from
the tree top and mule deer does and fawns visit the pond for water. No one talked business or politics. The weather was beautiful and the company was
great. The most amazing thing about the
experience was that there were no TV’s, newspapers, Internet or cell service
for the entire trip.
Upon my return to my desk this morning, I spent a couple of
hours catching-up on emails and returning calls. And now it is as if I had not left at
all. I scanned my news groups and saw
that one of the companies that I had an outstanding proposal for services
suffered a major breach. It took law
enforcement to inform the company of their loss of nearly 5 million customer
records. I am a soft sell guy and I hope
that our company’s value proposition can help close a sale without me becoming
a pest. Since this is a financial
company, I can imagine the lawyers are circling, just like foxes circling a
wounded game bird that can no longer fly.
I contacted the company today and asked if it would be a
good time for us to provide a threat briefing about what know about that type
of intrusion and hopefully a review of our outstanding proposal. I was told that the information security team
was too busy to consider an hour long GoToMeeting session. I was also told that the company had plenty
of information security feeds and my proposal was no longer a priority. I paused and replied, “Maybe they are not
receiving the right subscription feed?”
I have not heard back from my reply, I may never hear back…
I speak with Information Security Officers from government
departments/agencies, organizations and companies every week. Most of the time, another salesman has
already sold a contract and I have the opportunity to contact them at a later
date. Well, that is sales. As a decision maker, are you receiving what
you want, do you really understand what you need to combat today’s cyber
criminals? We track the cyber criminals, their tools and their associations. Since we have been in cyber intelligence
information security sharing for over four years we may already have a line on
your nightmare. I am happy to schedule a
session where you can ask these questions of some of my team members. They are not sales persons, only a small
group of dedicated professionals who will look out for your best interests.
Please feel free to contact me at jmckee@wapacklabs.com or call me on my
cell phone at 314-422-8185, it is turned on.
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