Better late than never

Since I am new to blogging, I missed the opportunity to hype my cover appearance on Information Security Magazine last month.

While I don't usually like how I look in photos, both the cover and inside shot turned out well. Unfortunately, the article doesn't have any detail about what we did at UW Credit Union that was unique and defined how to properly roll out multi-factor authentication for a large online banking site. If you Google "eric bangerter" security, you'll see many other articles about our implementation. I don't really understand why I am on the cover only to make a brief appearance in the actual article.

I took quite a bit of ribbing at work about the photos, but it was really all in good fun as I think everyone was pretty impressed with the fact that I had made the cover. The common perception of my coworkers was that they were looking for a "good-looking" geek for the cover. I don't think of myself as a true geek (although some of the traits are there) and you'll have to form your own opinion about the good looking part. The funny thing is I don't think they knew what I looked like before they came to shoot the cover. Apparently, one blogger thinks I look like Tom Hanks and discusses why there aren't more stars supporting the security industry.

In any case, it is cool to have made a cover of a magazine.