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In my last post, I mentioned that we are collaborating with Securosis to take a detailed look at end-to-end security across the smart grid. I told you they were really good and that I was excited about the collaboration. Now that I have a few minutes to spare I can tell you why.

Rich and I go way back. I was a professor at the University of Colorado for eleven years through 1998. As a teacher, good students come and go. On the Boulder campus, I was lucky to have a lot of great students in my information technology classes. Many have gone on to build great high-tech companies.

Every few years, however, you get someone in class who is so talented and so much fun that you don't want to let them go. That's how I feel about Rich. He's got world-class talent, high integrity, and he's too much fun to let go. Over the past dozen years Rich and I have collaborated to produce online training for O'Reilly, start a successful e-commerce business, build a client-base in Europe, and rock the establishment at Gartner. And we had a blast working together on each project. Needless to say, I am thrilled to have Rich's firm as our research partner on grid security. As you read Securosis' work in the weeks ahead you'll see why. Below you can read the blurb Rich wanted me to post, but now you know the story behind our collaboration.

Securosis is an information security research and advisory firm dedicated to transparency, objectivity, and quality. It was founded in 2007 by Rich Mogull, who was Research Vice President at Gartner. Securosis works with some of the biggest (and smallest) companies in the security industry, providing users, vendors, and investors with clear, pragmatic advice on improving security without breaking the budget.

In upcoming posts Rich and I will lay out our research agenda and outline our report(s). Please read Rich's kick-off post at the Securosis blog. But do me a favor and skip the first few paragraphs. ;-)