The Seven Habits of a Successful Information Security Career Manager (Louisville Infosec)

This is the video of the talk "The Seven Habits of a Successful Information Security Career Manager" given at Louisville Infosec by Lee Kushner.

Abstract: The Seven Habits of a Successful Information Security Career Manager - Due to the growth of the information security industry and the popularity of our profession, future competition for information security leadership roles will intensify.  As the number of qualified information security professionals grow, it will become increasingly more difficult to accomplish your long term career goals and objectives.   To succeed in the information security employment market of the future, you can no longer be “good,” you will have to be “better.” The presentation will demonstrate to the audience how to become more effective managers of their own information security career.  Topics that will be covered include career planning, career investment strategies, personal branding, and professional “network” development.  At the conclusion of the presentation, attendees should have the framework for building a career plan that is best suited to their personal career goals.

Speaker Bio:  Lee Kushner is President of LJ Kushner and Associates, LLC, an executive search firm dedicated to the Information Security industry and its professionals.  Since 1996, he has provided career management guidance to industry professionals at all skill levels.    He is a regular presenter on topics that include career planning, interview preparation, and employee recruitment and retention.   He is the co-founder of www.infosecleaders.com, a career advice resource for information security pros.

Vivek Ramachandran is a security evangelist and has been working in computer security related fields for the past 7 years. In 2007, Vivek spoke at world renowned conferences Defcon (WEP Cloaking Exposed) and Toorcon (The Caffe Latte Attack). The discovery of the Caffe Latte Attack was covered by CBS5 news, BBC online, Network World etc news agencies.In 2006, Vivek was announced as one of winners of the Microsoft Security Shootout contest held in India among 65,000 participants. He has also been a recipient of a Team Achievement at Cisco Systems for his work on 802.1x and Port Security modules on the Catalyst 6500 switches. Currently he spends all of his time maintaining Security- Freak.Net , SecurityTube.Net and is the co-founder of Axonize. Vivek, is a Bachelor in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.You can contact him at vivek[at]securitytube.net