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Wow!  It certainly hasn't felt like 3 weeks since I last posted. 

In case you haven't heard, on July 30th McAfee has announced its intentions to purchase MX Logic.  It all went down while I was at the Blackhat Conference in Las Vegas so I have to admit that I felt somewhat disconnected from everything while the initial excitement was happening at the office.  That changed quickly when I returned though as my staff had (understandably) lots of questions about what the future holds for the company and for them personally.  I feel like the initial FUD, however has turned to excitement as the reality has set in that this acquisition opens up a whole new world of possibilities, particularly as it relates to my Threat Operations team.  McAfee has a ton of threat research data that I personally can't wait for my team to be able to both integrate with and also share.  Just thinking about the possibilities makes me feel like a kid in a candy store.  I think my team can really make a positive contribution not only to the business unit with McAfee that we are about to become a part of, but to the organization-at-large.

All that being said, there has been a lot of work going on internally for the McAfee onboarding process as well.  I know that it has certainly kept management hopping while we have tried to keep our teams focused on business as usual.  It's important that everyone internally focus on advancing what has gotten us to this wonderful point, and that is executing on the plans that we already have in motion.  So far the people at McAfee that I have had an opportunity to interface with have been very welcoming and excited to have us coming onboard.  I can report that from my personal and my team's vantage point, the feeling is mutual. 

Here's to a prosperous, ongoing relationship!