Hiring Handbook: How to Build an InfoSec Team that Gets Stuff Done w/ Kip Boyle

In this class, Kip shows InfoSec supervisors how to build the team of their dreams. Students will learn how to attract and retain top tier talent. The kind of talented people who could work anywhere, but choose to work with you. Team members who get stuff done and don’t think much about changing employers.

What’s more, this kind of team throws open the door for you to become a powerful influencer on InfoSec strategy with your senior decision makers. Why? Because your team will let you work “on your program” instead of working “in your program.” And that will allow you to spend more time learning about the business your team protects and building relationships with the other top influencers across your organization.

During this workshop, we’ll be referring to the “Cybersecurity Hiring Manager Handbook” an open source document published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Key Takeaways

After taking this course, students will know how to:

• Be intentional about creating a healthy working context for their team
• Use the “Hiring Manager Ideals” along with a lifecycle approach to finding and recruiting talented people
• Deal effectively with the hiring manager’s top 5 pain points
• Train their internal recruiters over in HR to be amazing allies
• Become a powerful influencer on InfoSec strategy with their senior decision makers
• Access the “Cybersecurity Hiring Manager Handbook”
• Use the Handbook as a reference in their team building work
• Contribute content to the Handbook and submit bug reports

Who Should Take This Course

• Anyone who wants or needs to build a [blue|red|purple] team of InfoSec pros for any size company in any industry.
• Course content best aligns with private sector organizations, but there’s a lot in here for everyone.

Audience Skill Level

Ability to think “big picture” and be comfortable operating with uncertainty and the non-deterministic nature of people.

Student Requirements

You’ll get the most from this class if you’re building a team now or will soon do so. But, anyone who is thinking of becoming a team builder in the future is welcome. The content is also useful to individual contributors who are trying to get into the head of the hiring manager to better understand their needs to increase their chances of getting hired or promoted.

What Each Student Should Bring

Your team building problems, willingness to ask questions, and an open mind to consider different (and possibly more effective) ways to do team building.