Dark Reading is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them.Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

Database Security
Authentication
Mobile
Privacy
Compliance
Careers and People
Identity & Access Management
Security Monitoring
Advanced Threats
Insider Threats
Vulnerability Management

Edge Articles

2/3/2021
11:00 AM
Joan Goodchild
Joan Goodchild
Edge Features
4 comments
Comment Now
50%
50%

What I Wish I Knew at the Start of My InfoSec Career

Security pros identify lessons learned that impact how they view infosec today.

Don't Doubt Yourself

"When I started 20 years ago as a penetration tester at IBM, I wondered how I even got the job because I did not feel qualified. In hindsight, no one was truly qualified because it was such a young domain, and I was hired because of my technical background, my curiosity, and my interest.

"Fast forward 10 years: I was teaching a technical audience at FS-ISAC how to build hunt teams, and I expected everyone in the audience knew more than me. A gentleman in the audience raised his hand and said, 'You're assuming we know what we are doing, but we don't." After we all laughed, we shared our notes and learned from each other."

—Mary Writz, VP of Product Management, ForgeRock

 

Joan Goodchild is a veteran journalist, editor, and writer who has been covering security for more than a decade. She has written for several publications and previously served as editor-in-chief for CSO Online. View Full Bio
Previous
7 of 15
Next
 

Recommended Reading:

Comment  | 
Print  | 
More Insights
Webcasts
More Webcasts
White Papers
More White Papers
Reports
More Reports
Comments
Newest First  |  Oldest First  |  Threaded View
_chrisabbey
50%
50%
_chrisabbey,
 User Rank: Author
2/12/2021 | 5:01:33 PM
Love the team focus!
I love that this article showcases the need for inclusionary teams! In a world where we continue to celebrate heroics, sleepless nights and the hero setting off alone, these leaders and pros know it takes a village! Great set of voices and a great article!
greg_dr
50%
50%
greg_dr,
 User Rank: Author
2/12/2021 | 9:44:58 AM
What I Wish I Knew at the Start of My InfoSec Career
To earn a reputation and succeed as a hacker, you have to find and exploit just a single vulnerability. To earn a reputation and succeed as a cybersecurity expert, you have to identify and prevent hackers from exploiting all of them. To penetrate a network, it's enough just one vulnerable element, to protect the network, you have to know all of them.
jmr01
50%
50%
jmr01,
 User Rank: Apprentice
2/8/2021 | 11:15:13 AM
What I wish I knew when I started in cyber security...
As a cyber security leader, professional development for you, your team, your colleagues and everyone else is more important than knowing the latest zero day or how many enterprises were impacted by the Solar Winds incident. Cyber security professionals at all levels can benefit from allocating their time to professional development activities for themselves and their colleagues as one of their most important work priorities. 
tired_of_weak_reporting
100%
0%
tired_of_weak_reporting,
 User Rank: Apprentice
2/7/2021 | 1:27:24 PM
Isn't it funny how "diversity" is in everything these days.
I expect better from Dark Reading.  I find that the "diversity" argument is tired at this point.  The people who can do the best job, should get the job.  I've worked with outstanding people of all shapes, sizes and colors and have never had problems with corporate policies that hid the gender/race or other aspects of a candidate to remove all bias, either intentional or unintentional.  But what passes for diversity these days only weakens and divides teams.  The search to satisfy a quota and show that you are good people because you hired x rarely results in the best hire.  And with "near zero unemployment" in the industry as your articles confirm,  good candidates people just leave when they see your organization going this route. 
Name That Edge Toon: Magical May
Flash Poll