choose to lead: the information security profession needs you!
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:: History :: Security BSides Austin - March 31, 2014 Security BSides San Antonio - May 10, 2014 SecureWorld Houston - May 21, 2014 :: Summary :: The Information Security profession is what we choose to make of it. Start with why; grow yourself; lead a tribe; inspire a movement; change the world.TRANSCRIPT
Choose to Lead The Informat ion Secur i ty Profession Needs You!
Overview• Start with Why
• Grow Yourself
• Lead a Tribe
• Inspire a Movement
• Change the World
• Leave a Legacy
About …
About Me
@pjbeyer
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About Expectations
Not an Expert
Not Comprehensive
Not a Lecture
About Leadership
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become
more, you are a leader.”- John Quincy Adams
It isn’t About
It isn’t About
• Your role
• Your thoughts
• The next great idea
It is About
It is About
• Your actions
• Taking initiative
• Our profession’s future
Lead In Place
Start with Why
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy Why
you do it.”- Simon Sinek
Sinek’s Golden Circle
WhatHowWhy
Here is Mine
What is Yours
Grow Yourself
Stop
Stop
• Most of us are heads down all the time
• Pick your head up and look around
Beyond Our Profession
Beyond Our Profession
• You’ve probably figured out how to learn InfoSec
• The people we work with are not in InfoSec
• The world is a bigger place
Be Habitual
Be Habitual
• Covey’s 7th Habit - “Sharpen the Saw”
• Continuously improve yourself
Be Productive
Get things done
Be Healthy
Be Healthy
• Knowledge work can consume us
• Balance and renew your resources, energy, and health
• Create a sustainable, long-term, effective lifestyle
Lead a Tribe
Seeking Motivated Individuals
Seeking Motivated Individuals
• Attendance is voluntary
• Motivation is what matters
• Identify an interesting problem to solve
• Passion will follow action
Size Doesn’t Matter
Size Doesn’t Matter
• Tribes are big and small
• Everyone is a member of a tribe
Permission Not Required
Permission Not Required
• Are you waiting for permission?
• No one anoints you as leader
Hope Is Required
Hope Is Required
• Cynicism is a lousy strategy
• Without hope there is no future
“A big part of leadership is the ability to stick with the dream long
enough that the critics realize you're going to get there one way
or another... so they follow.”- Seth Godin
Why You
Why You
• It’s your choice
• Are there thousands of reasons why you’re not the right person?
• YES … so what
Inspire a Movement
The Wrong Question
The Wrong Question
What is the risk-free way to insinuate myself into the system so I get approval for change?
Combat Fear
“The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong... the secret is being willing to
be wrong.”- Seth Godin
Combat Fear
• Fear keeps us creating boring and unremarkable things
• Create something that critics will criticize
Serve Others
“What makes a good leader, is that they eschew the spotlight in
favor of spending time and energy to do what they need to do to
support and protect their people.”- Simon Sinek
“The only thing our leaders ever need to do is remember whom
they serve and it will be an honor and a pleasure to serve them
back.”- Simon Sinek
Here’s Your Checklist
Here’s Your Checklist
• Am I working to Influence rather than force?
• Am I working to Build Up rather than tear down?
• Am I building Trust?
• Do I regularly Sacrifice?
Cast Your Vision
Cast Your Vision
• Begin with a vision
• Make that vision greater than scarcity
• All movements start simply but aspire greatly
• Paint a picture of the future… Go there… People will follow
Change the World
First
First• Leaders go first
• All you need is to initiate
• If you wait for optimum conditions, you’ll never start
• Here’s a starting point…
• Find leaders, and then amplify their work
Last
Last
• Leaders eat last
• Serve others
• Covey’s 5th Habit - “Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood”
Everyday
Everyday
• Don’t make leadership about changing the world
• Make it something you expect of yourself and others everyday
You’re In Good Company
You’re In Good Company
• DevOps
• I am the Cavalry
• Security B-Sides
Leave a Legacy
Build It to Last
Build It to Last
• Measure a leader by what they leave behind
Give Back
Give Back
• Mentor others
• Coach your peers
• Encourage and support each other
Embrace the Vacuum
Embrace the Vacuum
• Sometimes you have to move on to make progress
• Create opportunity for new leaders
Call to Action
Begin with Purpose
Establish a Habit of Healthy Growth
Choose a Compelling Vision
Include Others
Make It Happen
We Need You to Lead Us
Leverage Resources
@pjbeyer
Grow Yourself
Grow Yourself Resources
• Todd Henry
• “The Accidental Creative” / “Die Empty”
• @toddhenry http://www.toddhenry.com/
• Michael Bungay Stanier
• “Do More Great Work”
• @boxofcrayons http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/
• David Allen
• “Getting Things Done”
• @gtdguy http://gettingthingsdone.com/
Lead a Tribe
Lead a Tribe Resources
• Michael Hyatt
• “Intentional Leadership” (blog)
• @michaelhyatt http://michaelhyatt.com/
• Seth Godin
• “Tribes”
• @thisissethsblog http://www.sethgodin.com/
• Mark Horstman & Mike Auzenne
• “Manager Tools” (podcast with detailed notes)
• @mahorstman @mauzenne http://www.manager-tools.com/
Inspire a Movement
Inspire a Movement Resources
• Robert Cialdini
• “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion”
• @robertcialdini http://www.influenceatwork.com/robert-cialdini-phd/biography/
• Simon Sinek
• “Start with Why” / “Leaders Eat Last”
• @simonsinek https://www.startwithwhy.com/
Change the World Leave a Legacy
Change the World Resources
• Jim Collins
• “Built to Last” / “Good to Great”
• http://www.jimcollins.com/
• John Maxwell
• “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”
• @johnmaxwellco http://www.johnmaxwell.com/
• Peter Drucker
• “The Effective Executive”
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker
Change the World Resources
• Gene Kim
• “The Phoenix Project”
• @realgenekim http://www.realgenekim.me/
• Eliyahu Goldratt
• “The Goal”
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_M._Goldratt
Questions? !
Discussion!@pjbeyer
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