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People Skills Outweigh Technical Prowess in the Best Security Leaders

SecureWorld News

Having helped build out many SecureWorld conferences, I have come to realize—likely to no one's surprise—that the best cybersecurity leaders indeed have some technical prowess, but it is their soft skills that make them exceptional leaders. Those are opportunities to get better, not excuses to give up or avoid future failures.

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The Hacker Mind: Hackers Wanted: Filling the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

ForAllSecure

Then again, you might want someone --anyone -- to come in as a Level 1 security analyst so your current Level 1s can advance. But how do you even start to identify who might be good in a role in information security? A colleague of mine used to travel around to sans training conferences across the country. It's possible.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Crimeware As A Service

ForAllSecure

Baccio: So if you are a net defender, take this research and use that to inform your strategy. Baccio: I think the very first one was at an HIV conference in 89. Do we put it in our budget? And I think as a net defender, it's really bad news for all of us. It’s a clever way for malware to be monetized.

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