Wow! Thank you all very much for attending my Penetration Testing the Cloud sessions at VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas.

With nearly 500 people in the audience I was very thankful just to have a great turnout, but your feedback is proving to be even better. Last year I was at 4.23 out of 5 and the highest ranked speaker in the cloud track. This year’s tally is now in and my presentation was scored overall at 4.63 (4.72 for effectiveness). And many people came up afterwards to tell me in person it was the best presentation of the entire conference…your positive feedback inspires me to go all out and see how close I can get to the impossible 5.0.

I look forward to seeing you at the next event and please let me know if there is anything missing, or that you would argue with or change.

The presentation is available through the VMworld 2011 website, for registered attendees. Of course you should contact me directly if you have specific questions. I soon will be emailing everyone who gave me a card.

As I mentioned in my presentation the ultimate reward for me is to see a positive and long-term shift in the breach data. We definitely have a lot we can do as civilians to improve security and reduce the frequency and severity of breaches.

• “Excellent! Similar sessions needed,there’s a lot to cover!”
• “Need more like this.”
• “Great material, a lot too look into after session.”
• “The instructor exceeded my expectations. His knowledge of the subject was deep and his passion for it also showed. Great stuff!”
• “Excellent material. Speaker researched and developed the information exceptionally well. Extremely well presented.”
• “This had to be one of the best sessions I have had at VMworld.”
• “Very useful and applicable to my current situation.”
• “This guy was an awesome speaker.”
• “Great speaker – good use of real world examples / humor. Kept crowd engaged”
• “Great speaker. Good insights. Need more speakers with this kind of technical content.”