Hiring Handbook How to Build an InfoSec Team that Gets Stuff Done with 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.

Course Length: 16 Hours

Includes a Certificate of Completion

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Description

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.

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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.

About the Instructor

Kip Boyle

Bio

Kip Boyle helps cybersecurity practitioners and business leaders see, size, and solve cyber and AI risk. He’s the founder and CISO of Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC, where his team serves as fractional CISOs for mid-market companies. He’s worked in cybersecurity since 1992, first as a US Air Force captain leading wide area network security for the F-22 program, then as CISO at PEMCO Insurance in Seattle.

Kip created AIR-MAP, an AI risk assessment for organizations that buy AI rather than build it. He wrote “Fire Doesn’t Innovate” (2nd edition, 2025), and his next book, “Gears Don’t Guess,” shows how to govern the AI they buy. He co-hosts the Cyber Risk Management Podcast, with more than 10,000 downloads each month. He’s also the primary author of the open-source “Cybersecurity Hiring Manager Handbook.”

Kip is a husband, dad, and small business owner. He lives in the Seattle area.

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