Keynote - How To Build Your Own Infosec Company
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Builds a small boutique infosec firm (5–20 people), gets the first client via Twitter, uses Google Docs and Slack, git, off‑site backups and a strict calendar to stay lean, and measures recovery time by wiping a laptop (six hours to full productivity). Insists on rigorous documentation, archives every negotiation, practices mailbox zero, partners with other boutiques, grows organically, fires abusive customers when contracts and scope are violated, and warns that Q4 and poor clients cause the most burnout.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 3:06Defining the boutique model
- 6:09Why choose the boutique path
- 12:52Building your own company
- 17:15Operational organization
- 24:35Mastering productivity
- 28:21Security and redundancy
- 31:38Staying sane while growing
- 34:33Dealing with difficult clients
- 44:40Collaborating and preventing burnout
- 50:20Summary and final advice
- 58:49Q&A session
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