I am at Mcafee Focus 16 (#focus16).  I decided to come despite missing out on the CxO track.

The opening video talked about the need to collaborate and work together. Standing alone won’t work. “Together is Power!”

Chris Young announced Open Data Exchange Layer. I have been waiting for this for last 2 years. He has thrown down the gauntlet to their competitors. Are you listening, Cisco, Symantec, Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks?

Chris Young also mentioned automation, integration and orchestration.  Nice. Another key element is using the cloud as part of our cybersecurity efforts;  it expands and contracts with the individual and company’s needs. It is always available regardless of where the person is physically or virtually.
The Takeways

1. Take a closer at ODXL. Is it real?
2. Invite your current security product suppliers to add ODXL to their roadmaps
3. Keep McAffee accountable to this “Together is Power” vision. Ask them to prove and deliver it!
4. Ask Mcaffee to add other open standards,  like SACM, to their products