I have been working in IT, in a variety of roles, since 1983. In the 80's I worked for companies like Apple as a networking "expert", researching new tech. and liaising with firms like Nortel and AT&T. Over the years, I also developed and delivered some 150 IT courses for various post secondary institutions and multi-national companies with (at least) some 65,000 students attending just those that I taught. Now I am a consultant and most of my work involves InfoSec planning, enterprise technology architecture development and IT strategy (with the occasional bit of writing on the side ;-). I used to say "the technology is not the hard part" and its true. So, I work within IT, but I tend to zero in on the human issues and in fact that is what really drives me. I see IT as something which can and does offer positive change for humanity - as long as we remember that human beings are at the root of what we do. I intend to expand on some of this in my posts and I am really hoping to engage in some interesting dialogue as a result. So, please reach out and comment! Also, I have started (and plan to expand) a new project (with Scott Wright) a new site and podcast called Security, Eh? Check it out as it is fleshed out over the summer at http://www.security-eh.com/ Barton