Today at SecurityXchange in Park City, Utah, I participated as a guest guide at the event. Throughout the day, integrators, manufacturers, and end users hold meetings in the manufacturers’/service providers’ suites throughout the property, and guides are responsible for escorting the integrators and end users from meeting to meeting and keeping them on time.

Professional networking has long been a key component of doing business in security. Today, social and professional networking websites spring up and gain worldwide popularity seemingly overnight, and it’s necessary to build strong networks that effectively use resources such as Twitter or LinkedIn. Add to that the fact that the face of the security is changing, and it’s now more important than ever to create these supportive networks. Enter: the Women’s Security Council (WSC).

On behalf of the entire SDM team, congratulations to three great women in security who, this past weekend, completed the 2011 Boston Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure — Holly Tsourides, vice president, Worldwide Sales, VideoIQ; Laurie Aaron, vice president, Government & Alliances, Quantum Secure; and Tracy Larson, president, WeSuite.

 Live, from the Twitter-verse, SDM presents its first online interview — taking place tomorrow, Friday July 29 at 12PM CT/1PM ET.  

A few years ago, United Parcel Service ran a series of TV commercials with the slogan, “What Can Brown Do for You?” In the annals of advertising, this campaign probably won’t go down as one of the most memorable or exciting.