Doesn’t needa be cyber-related tbh. Just sound off on whatever you’re up to! 🤗

Be comfortable not knowing things and delegating, don’t report to the CIO (bcuz usual conflict of interest stuff), invest in people (training, career progression stuff), don’t follow the industry herd (i.e. salivate over AI just because every other E-level type is). I’m an IC, always have been, so there’s a lot im sure I don’t know in terms of effective management among managers but from my perspective this is what I would perceive as efficacy and proficiency at that level. That and Ill throw in that traditional ways of measuring “success” or output rarely applies to infosec teams. It’s hard to measure “how secure are we” or “how many things did we block this month”.

Not really actively doin’ any certs or training. But have been learning a bit more about threat modeling recently 🤷‍♂️

Working on all manner of stuff for my site, trying to figure out how to SAFELY eradicate poison ivy in my back yard, and working on some work-stuff related to AI, Recall, and other general assessment/testing stuff.

These days, sometimes it’s just enough to survive. Stay sane out there folks.

Not particularly. Though I wouldn’t blame many of us in security / IT-in-general for having hobbies that involved getting OUT of the house. We look at computers too long each day 😅

Sorry to hear it! Hope you get back into the gym soon. I know what that’s like. It also sucks to just feel like you’re losing whatever progress or gains you had made before getting sick. Feel for ya!

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Yes. Happens in a lot of companies I think, especially “older” companies that don’t have big security focus. Honestly, I think if you’re a good manager you can be successful even if you aren’t super technical.