Mediaphyter – A Communications Cocktail

So, I realized I’ve been bugging all of the bloggers to talk about the Security Bloggers Meet-Up at RSA Conference in a few weeks (gulp!) yet I’ve neglected to do it myself. I wish I could say that what prompted this blog post was my sense of responsibility and urgency, but the fact of the matter is that Rich Mogull and Martin McKeay lit a fire under me when they invited me to talk to them tonight on Network Security Podcast Episode #98.

I’m excited to have had the chance to talk about the private-yet-live-video-streamed event (which at this point has 100+ RSVPs) as well as the success that was SOURCE Boston, and about building a social networking community within the security industry. I’m quite passionate about the latter (well, about all three of these things I suppose) as well as other netsec issues — which will become more apparent as I have more time to devote to this blog.

The podcast experience was a bizarre one for me. As I continue to transition into a new role at my company and really search out my niche in this space, I’m finding myself facing a lot of role reversal. I initially went into public relations because I liked telling other people’s stories. As I’ve matured and become more educated in media and in technology and have moved out of a public relations role, I’ve become a person who wants to tell her own stories and express her own opinions and drive her own influence. Perhaps that’s part of why I am so excited about this social media movement within the security industry. But it’s still terrifying to go from a role in which I was behind the camera, so to speak, and slowly start moving in front of it (I kept imagining myself as Cindy Brady in the episode where she freezes when the “on air” light goes on). Yes, terrifying — yet invigorating.

I suppose the best thing to do is embrace it and keep on moving.  And perhaps stop watching “Brady Bunch” re-runs.

You can all razz me about this in a few weeks at the meet-up.