The Ashimmy Blog: Repost: The Social Security Blogger Awards

I posted this a few weeks ago, but we are getting near the end of nominations. If you have not done so yet, please be sure to nominate your favorite security blogs for the Social Security Awards!

Another dream of mine becomes a reality. One of the things I have longed thought of doing was starting a security bloggers awards program. With over 200 blogs in the Security Bloggers Network, some recognition for the best of the best would be great. There are so many great security blogs out there, with so much great content, in my mind it was only natural that we have some sort of recognition for the very best. How to do these awards without making it a popularity contest though? Where and when to hold an awards ceremony? Logistics, statistics and such.

It all came together this year. Working with my fellow Security Blogger Meet up committee members, Jennifer Leggio, Martin McKeay, Rich Mogul and Jeanne Friedman we have made a Security Bloggers Awards a reality! I am proud to give you the "Social Security Blogger Awards". Pretty cool, huh?

This initial year of the Social Security Awards will feature awards in 5 categories:

* Best Security Podcast
Who is the voice you listen to week after week?
* Best Technical Security Blog
Who is digging deeper than anyone else?
* Best Corporate Security Blog
Which vendor's contributing the most to the blogosphere?
* Best Non-Technical Security Blog
Who's got the best 30,000 view?
* Most Entertaining Security Blog
Who keeps you riveted? Or who makes you laugh?

We will allow readers to nominate specific blogs, come up with finalists and than have a combination of reader votes and a blue ribbon panel of judges. The judges we have lined up are:

Brian Krebs
Washington Post
Bill Brenner
CSO Magazine
Kelly Jackson-Higgins
Dark Reading
Dennis Fisher
TechTarget
Jeremiah Owyang
Forrester Research

There will be awards and surprises at the awards ceremony which will take place at the Security Blogger Meet up at RSA this year. You don't have to be a member of the SBN to be nominated, but like the old man says, "it couldn't hurt". If you would like to nominate your blog or have someone else nominate you can use this picture and link to http://www.socialsecurityawards.com

For those of you wondering, I and the rest of the committee and judges are not eligible to be nominated or win any awards. Also in case you are wondering these awards are not for sale and you can't buy your own category ;-)

Anyway, I am really proud to see this idea becoming a reality. I hope that it will be a great program that will grow better year after year. For now though, what are you waiting for? Go nominate you favorite security blogs!

Author's note: Martin posted some good articles on this at the RSA Bloggers meet up site and his own blog, even if he did steal my graphic.