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Topics discussed:
- How Jay Beale (@jaybeale @inguardians) and Brad A. (@sno0ose) do mentorship and apprenticeship in their respective orgs.
- Best methods to retool yourself if you are trying to move to a new industry
- Why 'hitting the ground running' isn't the sign of an immature organization...
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SHOW NOTES:
Guests: Mr. Jay Beale
Guest: Mr. Brad Ammerman @?????????
Announcements:
RE/ASM class (Matt Miller)
SeaSec East Meetup at Black Lodge
Jay's class at Black Hat
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Slack channel
"M3atshield"
What jobs are good segues into either blue or red teams/pentesting?
SOC Analyst (network security, pcap, IR)
SysAdmin (obviously)
Cod devs (audits, binary analysis, they know the code internals)
System architects (they know the nuts and bolts)
Security architects (segue to red team, they know how to defend, threat analysis)
Project management /management (client/customer facing, can understand the business side)
Journeyman pipelines vs. intern pipelines
Different than interns = Already highly skilled in 'something'
Code devs
Physical security
audit/compliance
project/program management
System admin
Management
"generalist"
Retooling can be difficult
May be a paycut
Fear of failure
How do we alleviate that? (mentorship model?)
Companies looking for skilled people can't look for what they want
Think in the bigger picture
Is not being able to see the value in a non-infosec person coming to the team a sign of immaturity in a company?
The phrase "must be able to hit the ground running"
Turn off for those wanting to make that change
Feel they must already know the job
People should be considered as like a block of clay, not an immutable stone.
People can change if they want to…
2 party comfort zone. Both the person changing role/title, and the company understanding where the person sits in the position.
mentorship/menteeship in an org
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