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Opinions are mine alone. Fortune 500 DFIR (Digital Forensics & Incident Response) and SOC Leader.

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@AaronErickson @editingemily 100%! Managers over technical teams need to maintain their IC skills. Even if that’s doing 1 out of 100 or 1000 tasks yourself. You often uncover things that aren’t optimized quite yet, when you do them yourself.

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@NicoleBeckwith People are creative at taking innocent or even positive comments in the most negative/cynical way, especially if it involves requires any level of change.

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@divinetechygirl Super interested in what “permanently fixed” looks like, that seems to imply “unhackable” which I can’t imagine with any sufficiently complex system.

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I’m dropping hot takes about how I think CISOs should be technical on LinkedIn. It is not being well received by the business first bourgeoisie.

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@hannahsox12 Hybrid. Just seeing your coworkers once a week and going to lunch together is one of the little things in life, i’m grateful for!

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@bettersafetynet If networking is critical, I’m sure some in-person prestigious MBA programs can help. Otherwise, for just learning
lower cost business books seem useful vs university. Some InfoSec concepts are challenging without good teachers.

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@JasonTheTodds @randomrecruiter like with anything, good management matters, but it’s a hot take to think top talent can’t come from lower cost geographies.

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@bettersafetynet How do you define Tier 1? Seems like AI creates more intellectually stimulating work for Tier 2 analysts and which leads to more long-running and complex DFIR/malware/hunting investigations for Tier 3.

More experienced talent is needed, less entry-level talent.

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@AlyssaM_InfoSec @SteveRipple Good stuff! Thanks!

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@AlyssaM_InfoSec @SteveRipple I’m curious, when you decline prospective candidates what are they missing?

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@JasonTheTodds @randomrecruiter Executives are implying, if I don’t see you on-site anyways… I can continue not seeing that role through lower cost geographies to deliver work.

Like virtual vs physical anything (Dr. Appointments, Concerts, Workouts, etc.) many will pay a premium for in-person experiences.

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@WellKnitTech @divinetechygirl Well said. Everyone can be successfully attacked in simple and embarrassing ways given enough time.

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@MalwareJake Agree 100%

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@oluchiAudrey @ComandanteBowie SOC work is important!

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@oluchiAudrey @ComandanteBowie Offshore would be hiring out of Malaysia, India, etc. Someone making $80k doing threat analysis (SOC) work in the US would probably be <$25k (paying above-market for their location) in India.

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@oluchiAudrey @ComandanteBowie Agreed and every senior-level cybersecurity leader I know has identified high-potential talent for the next level. Entry-level hiring occurs, but it includes offshore talent.

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@JBizzle703 Many cybersecurity leaders want to hire more entry-level staff, but automation and offshore talent (in lower cost geographies)… subtly tilts US hiring to more experienced, higher skill talent.

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@cybersecmeg As an incident responder, I’ll support anything my team needs. Trade off is the team/leadership supports anything I need. Like my variable start times, variable end times, and random breaks… which they do! 😇

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@cybersecmeg I’m blessed to be in the cyber industry, but having to protect/detect everything, while bad guys just need to find 1 entry point is stressful.

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@hacks4pancakes Agreed! My family are immigrants to the US, every day is a blessing, we are in the global 2% or so. https://t.co/iKhQdPMjW8