Everything I Know About Security I Learned... [KEYNOTE]
summary
An acting CISO at the University of Alberta says the real lessons are practical: uses ChatGPT to draft an intro, keeps a non‑admin primary account, argues down a fail‑open firewall demand that would require a $120,000 add‑on, admits to lying about a weekly report for two years to prove its uselessness, runs sandboxed phishing clicks with Wireshark and Process Monitor, takes a six‑week stress leave, and credits a dozen people in 2017 for birthing BSides Edmonton — a case of risk a little to learn a lot.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:13Career diversity
- 8:49Becoming CISO
- 13:28Model don't criticize
- 25:44Risk to learn
- 36:21Community and burnout
- 41:12Building conference community
- 45:25Final reflections
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