Category: Lifehacking

My book “Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: A Handbook For Those Who Strive To Lead And Manage Effectively” is live

Here it comes! 11 years of learning, 2 years of writing, 84 pages for you to read. 🙂 You can download a pdf here: Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: A Handbook For Those Who Strive To Lead And Manage Effectively by Dawid Bałut And a few words on how it all came to be that … Continue reading My book “Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: A Handbook For Those Who Strive To Lead And Manage Effectively” is live →

Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: On enabling others to perform at their best

Do the work behind the scenes and don’t be a workflow bottleneck InfoSec as an enabler If I were to choose only one thing to share with you, it would be that there is no place for a naysayer in a security department. It’s unbelievable how many of us kept doing the wrong things for … Continue reading Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: On enabling others to perform at their best →

Effective remote work – you need a separate office space

You need a separate room if you want to be effective while working remotely. There are so many reasons for it that even though I’ve been working remotely for over 7 years, every few months I discover new benefits of it. Many people attempt remote work, hoping that their lives will get so much better … Continue reading Effective remote work – you need a separate office space →

Hacker’s approach to productivity and career development – Universal Truths

On 15th of November 2018 I gave a talk at TestWarez conference, where I wanted to share my experience and observations, to help others gain a bit richer perspective on life, which would help them solve non-trivial career related challenges. Unfortunately I've ran out of time before I could close my story properly, which is … Continue reading Hacker’s approach to productivity and career development – Universal Truths →

Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: on leading by example, removing roadblocks and simplification

Show up, adapt and deliver results Everyone needs to be made aware that security testing is a time consuming activity, so it must be included in release planning schedules. It’s generally a good idea to jump in with security tests when QA Team is given their time to do the “regular” testing. While we’d love … Continue reading Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: on leading by example, removing roadblocks and simplification →

Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: On Credibility, Awareness and Business

Align strategy with business stakeholders first Who’s actually responsible for investments in security? Security issues don’t pop up out of nowhere. Code, products, infrastructure and business quality is always a responsibility of a human being.  So why don’t we treat it as such, and we seem to be always obsessing about technology rather than going … Continue reading Social Skills For Information Security Professionals: On Credibility, Awareness and Business →

InfoSec Career Paths vs Programming Skills – The Basics

On Peerlyst, in my Q&A session, Eric Geek‍ asked: Is being a great developer vital when choosing information security as a professional career? My answer below: Beneficial? Yes. Necessary? By no means. Demand for development skills in infosec is raising, but the demand for general infosec specialists is growing even higher. I know many fantastic … Continue reading InfoSec Career Paths vs Programming Skills – The Basics →

Sharing Udemy Courses and Certifications in CV and resume

I've noticed this post today on my LinkedIn wall: I just saw my first resume where the candidate highlighted Udemy certifications.  I think this is a great idea.  While certainly not stand-alone, these are a great way to show deep interest in an area. ~ Mike Johnson, CISO at Lyft And I'd like to add … Continue reading Sharing Udemy Courses and Certifications in CV and resume →