To grow is to care about others

See, the more you know and have, the more you have to share. I don't think I ever had the urge to make money to spend money. I never had an urge to develop my career to make myself look better in eyes of others. I never wanted anything more than to provide for my … Continue reading To grow is to care about others →

Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: The Preface To My Book

On my motives for this book How and why - I believe - can my story make your life easier It’s been roughly 11 years since I’ve started commercially working in IT, out of which 7 were profoundly dedicated to InfoSec, a field in which I truly believe there is a lot yet to be … Continue reading Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: The Preface To My Book →

Working in the office 8h per day should be dead by now

Most of companies who claim they're hiring the TOP TALENT yet don't offer remote work are truly delusional. What's the meaning of term TOP TALENT precisely? People in radius of 5miles from you office? Office work is a relict of the past where most duties required people to be present on-site and do the physical … Continue reading Working in the office 8h per day should be dead by now →

Trust is what makes the Team out of a group of co-workers

Everyone talks about it, but I haven't really met many managers that would actually be committed to doing the work and building trust within an organisation. Trust isn't something that magically pops up when you talk about it. Trust is predicated on actions, interactions and leadership activities. That's one of the reasons why leaders are … Continue reading Trust is what makes the Team out of a group of co-workers →

Care – the most powerful quality in a workplace

Care drives everything I don't know a single person who would put 100% of his abilities into a work if he's there only for a paycheck. But I do know plenty of people who really care about the job they do, and whenever needed they'll make themselves better educated, learn new skills, adjust personality, and … Continue reading Care – the most powerful quality in a workplace →

Employment expectations’ mismatch and recruitment pitfalls in InfoSec

This article is considered to be a follow-up to the “Hiring your first security professional”, so if you haven’t yet, I recommend you to read it before you continue with this one. For a last few years there wasn’t a month when I haven’t read about InfoSec professionals shortage, security skills gap and what not. … Continue reading Employment expectations’ mismatch and recruitment pitfalls in InfoSec →

Hiring your first security professional

I really enjoy attending security/business conferences. But it’s not that I’m going there to learn how to do security, because if that would be the case then I’d go for DEFCON or Derbycon and learn from top hackers on the planet. I go to business conferences because I want to listen to the problems others … Continue reading Hiring your first security professional →