LAS VEGAS — After two full days with the bright lights of Sin City on McAfee’s Focus 2012 customer conference, attention turns fully to the company’s channel partners on Thursday, with the bulk of the company’s 2012 Global SecurityAlliance Partner Summit at the Palazzo here.

I caught up with Gavin Struthers, McAfee’s global channel chief, to get a quick preview of what to expect from tomorrow morning’s festivities.

I’ll be firing up the liveblog for all the news and views from the event, starting at 9:00 am PT (noon ET) Thursday morning.