I had the opportunity to have a run in with an old colleague (he’s not old, we’ve just haven’t seen each out in a while) and we got to talking about everything that has been going on in our lives since we’ve parted and talk eventually made its way into the problems with not being […]
Learning that mistakes might be the best career move you never planned (I hope)
I announced two weeks ago, that I in the job market after a short tenure at a company. I learned that there is a sentence that feels heavier than it should. “I’m back on the job market.” It lands with a thud, even when no one else reacts. It immediately invites a flood of questions. […]
Common Mistakes New InfoSec Leaders Make (and How to Dodge Them Like a Pro)
I had lunch last week with a friend who just landed their first-ever leadership role in InfoSec and not just any role, a leadership role. They’d been promoted from lead security engineer to head of security, at a company that’s never had a separate formal InfoSec leader before. The company had grown, and security had […]
Be Yourself to get that job
One of the pieces of advice that I’ve given to those looking for an information security job, has been to be yourself and stand out, but what does that mean? Well, let me start with a story of my first date with my wife and how I try to embody that thought. When I first […]
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With this being the first work day of a new year, most people start thinking about how to better themselves.
Information Security Core Knowledge
Every so often, I get asked by someone who wants to get into the InfoSec field, what is at the core of knowledge that is needed. Now I know a lot of people have a lot of different answers to this question, but I think there are some things that are important, that are easier to attain.
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