RSA 2010: What responsibility do security bloggers have to the industry?

Andrew Hay is a security blogger and an Information Security Analyst at the University Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.

Primarily about educating everyone else and helping others understand the challenges of security. Part of that involves engaging others on how to involve everyone around you in solving security problems collaboratively.

Given that bloggers are not beholden to an editor or a publisher, the security blogging community self-polices each other and happily jump down each other's back when they make mistakes. Sure they're in security, but they are only human, so they do make mistakes.

Lastly, I asked Hay what's the best way to communicate with a security blogger if they say something for which you don't agree. He gave the most common, and I believe correct response, and that's to not air your argument out online publicly. Pick up the phone and have a conversation. Find out what the core of the dispute is. Hay's seen a lot of anger quelled by a simple phone call.

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