The Underbelly of the Trade Press
January 23rd, 2007
Alan Shimel, the Chief Strategy Office at StillSecure, exposes a questionable practice at a Trade Press Magazine. The problem, however, is that this isn’t limited to the security vendor space. Alan is right in that vendors and readers alike need to stop supporting the Trade Press that engage in mis-leading practices. But if vendors don’t speak up (like Alan did), how are readers to tell the difference? How many vendors benefit from paying for their news coverage in the Trade Press?
