Personal & Career Development

Security Congress Abstract

Infosec Rock Star: Accelerate Your Career By Building Critical Professional Skills

Speaker(s)

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  Ted Demopoulos

  Principal
  Demopoulos Associates

Some security professionals are so successful, effective and well known that the term "rock star" is entirely accurate. What kind of skills do rock stars have and wannabe rock stars need to develop? We can learn the skills to be more effective, well respected and well paid.

Obviously it's not just about technology; in fact, most of us are very good at the technology part. And although the myth of the Geek with zero social skills is just that—a myth—the fact is that increasing our skills more on social and business side will make most of us more effective at what we do than learning how to read hex better, becoming "one with Metasploit" or understanding the latest hot technologies.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand and describe the non-technical professional skills that make someone more effective and successful.
• Learn techniques to develop professional skills to be a more successful and effective information security professional.
• Build an action plan to further develop career and professional skills.