just a reminder of a couple primary motivations for
the 3D concept.

first, generically, to make commercial client contacts
for all of us, bit individually and collectively.

second, to create a little network among us which
is likely to grow with time.

third, and this is a biggie, i've already mentioned
to all of you the recent spate of legislation which
threw up a chinese wall around security work.

one of the more significant secondary effects of this 
legislation was to create a major market for "soft side" 
security related services.  this includes professions like 
engineers, physicists, architects, social scientists, 
accountants, etc.  and it includes services and products 
like software, training mechanisms, educational mulitmedia, 
etc.  everything else, on the "hard side" of security work, 
is reserved unto his largeness uncle sam in a very proprietary 
way.

the opsec web site is hit 6,000 to 8,000 times a month, in 
large part by the folks who are looking for these "soft side"
outsources, or contractors.

the 3d site represents such a soft side outsource.  opsecs
site hits can be directed there for traffic.  we can capture
those who visit the site (aside from those who make inquiries
directly to 3d via email, forms or whatever) and send them
an electronic brochure or a hard copy version by snail mail.

we can also send some of our respective client prospects to
the 3d site if we think they've got a potential need for
3d type services.  i'm already postured to do this in a flash.
and i can assure everybody there will be traffic gigundus
at 3d's site following my public relations phone calls and 
emails.

the architects already are being approached by banks and govs
for 3d type services, but the architects don't have a clue
when it comes to current security measures and global threat
cons.  ergo... 3d.

there is also a remote possibility that we have the makings
of a separate "soft side" partnered outfit for use in 
electronic security threats, which does multimedia videos
on web security (websec) issues and simply sells the damned
things on the web.   there is a huge market for such things
right now.

finally, there's another potential market for an online
global sit rep/open channel intel/international info
bytes subscription service... which is an armchair cottage
industry that is commonly snatched up quickly by larger
info services, like janes information group for large
buyout prices.   there's a built-in exit strategy if
i ever saw one.

i think wiz and the architects will find themselves
pretty similar in their views of doing biz on the web:
not that great, and not a primary web utility.  

all i can say to this is, of the 6 to 8,000 hits a
month on the opsec site, about 40% are from corps
and govs looking for providers of soft side anti
threat INFORMATIONAL services, like videos, multi 
media, training materials, etc. another 40% are
looking for *active* soft side anti threat services,
like architects, engineers, software developers, etc.

the windows on these opportunities are narrow and 
shallow.  the windows will not be open long.  being
flexible enough to jump through the windows when they
first open is where i think the web poses the greatest
biz benefit.  these amorphous partnerships are the 
mechanism by which we can be poised for quick responses
to these narrow windows.

just wanted to do a brain dump early on for everybody's
amusement and comment.

go ahead... punch holes in it.  but don't take your eyes
off those windows.

eom 
doc