06-23-20 - I Have the Perfect Job for You (But Probably Not)

I Have the Perfect Job for You (But Probably Not)

June 23, 2020

CISO | Security Vendor Relationship Series

This week's episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast

I Have the Perfect Job for You (But Probably Not)

I Have the Perfect Job for You (But Probably Not)

is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson. Our guest is Brandon Greenwood, vp, security, Overstock. All three of us discussed:

You can't have the perfect job for all of us.

 Hey recruiters, we understand that a series of keywords in our resume caused our name to get flagged. But before you send us that email to let us know about that "perfect job", take a moment to see if we're too senior for the position you're trying to fill.

Security professionals early in their careers are NOW getting attention.

Both Mike and Brandon admitted that infosec was a nascent industry when they started and there simply weren't that many recruiters out there vying for their attention. In fact, maybe none. Today though, security talent is in such high demand that everyone at all levels is getting approached.

The pandemic is revealing our "work from home" weak spots.

VPNs, cloud misconfigurations, and increased cloud surface are all problems that existed before, they're just been amplified with everyone working from home. 

If you want some respect as a security professional, prove you're there to help.

Demonstrate your ability to support the business by proactively looking for issues and making suggestions on how to reduce risk. As you do that the business will come to you and give you the respect you crave.

Special thanks to this week's podcast sponsor, Trend Micro.

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Tony Sager, svp, chief evangelist, Center for Internet Security on the limits of phishing training

This Friday [6-26-20] Hacking Tool Optimization

of our video chat happening this Friday featuring Chris Kennedy, CISO, AttackIQ and Craig Goodwin, chief trust & risk officer, Fujitsu

MORE upcoming CISO Series Video Chats7-3-20: NO SHOW-July 4th break7-10-20: Hacking Passwords7-17-20: Hacking Active Directory7-24-20: Hacking AutomationAll video chats are held on Fridays and start at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET.

Join us for a special THURSDAY (6-25-20) edition of CISO Series Video Chat

We're producing a special episode of our video chat during Living Security's full day virtual conference, Breaking Security Awareness. Our session starts at 12:05 PM PT/3:05 PM ET and we're going to run it just like all of our Friday video chats. Anyone can appear on camera, there will be heavy discussion in the chat room, and we'll be playing "Department of YES" (formerly called "Best Bad Ideas") where our guests will have to argue why these horrible ideas are really truly fantastic. And I'm super excited to have as my guests Manju Mude, sr. security leader, Paranoids, Verizon Media and Christopher Hadnagy, CEO, Social-Engineer.org.Register for the full day event. It's free. 

Nicole Dove, BISO, ADP on the role of the BISO

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