The Joy of Security: Politics, infighting, and other failure modes for security programs

Creating organisational change in the cybersecurity industry can be challenging. In some areas of security, you don’t you don’t own the outcome, and success depends on your ability to politically influence areas of the organisation to “do the right thing”. This talk explores the interpersonal, political, and organisational aspects of a job in the cybersecurity industry, some pitfalls, and how to avoid them.