Personal & Career Development

Security Congress Abstract

Navigating the Career Maze—Where Do I Go Next?

Panel Moderator(s)

• RA

  Rob Ayoub

  Product Marketing Manager
  FireEye

Panelist(s)

• 

  Sharon Smith, CISSP, CCISO

  Principal GRC Consultant, Security Advisory
  Verizon
• 

  Deidre Diamond

  Founder And CEO
  CyberSN
• 

  Erik Von Geldern

  CISO
  FXCM
• 

  John Esparza, CISSP, ISSAP

  Data Center Software Consultant
  Schneider-Electric

This session is a panel discussion made up of professionals within the information security industry who've held a variety of roles ranging from security architect, consultant and sales engineer to marketer and CISO. The panel will discuss career direction and offer attendees new ideas and provocative thoughts on the various roles available throughout a security career. This session also will discuss some of the daily tasks involved in each respective area, joys and pitfalls, the qualifications typically necessary, and ways to go about getting different positions.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the different roles available within the security industry.
• Learn tools to evaluate potential job changes.
• Gain ideas on networking and investigating potential job opportunities or changes in a role.