Want to know what it will take to be considered for the promotion you’ve always wanted, how to nail a tough interview question, what to include on your resume as a jobseeker or find out if you qualify for a clearance? Our panel of seasoned experts will give you advice to help you reach your next career goal in security. We will feature a corporate Recruiter that specializes in hiring people with clearances, a corporate Recruiting Manager, a Hiring Manager for security and IT roles and an agency Recruiter who all want to share some great tips with you. Please come prepared with questions to ask our panel and a resume if you’re in the job search, because they are hiring!

Moderated by: Merissa Villalobos

A career change to cybersecurity doesn’t mean you have to start your career over. In this session we will discuss how to leverage your current job skills and life experiences to help you transition your career to the exciting world of cybersecurity.

A quick summary of free information available to get started, professional meetings to attend, certifications to look at, and random thoughts on the industry. Questions encouraged.

Are you getting (back) into the job market? What is important to do for your CV, your LinkedIn profile, and what should you prepare for in interviews? I’ll take you through a speed review of items I look for, as well as link you to some available resources to hopefully increase your chances of landing a job. Please note all companies and fields have their own unique expectations and needs, so advice can never be one size fits all.

Many industries have well-defined points of entry and well-understood education and training requirements. Information Security is not one of those industries. Successful infosec pros often have wildly diverse backgrounds so it is difficult to know which is the “correct” way to enter this field. As our industry has evolved and matured, what do organizations now look for in a candidate? What combination of skills, experience, and education will get you in your “dream job?” SPOILER - there are many predictors of success, and organizations have different priorities, so there is no single answer.

Want to know how to get into InfoSec, especially without a technical background? Fuzzing Panda will share her story and methodology for how she recareered from working in clinical medicine to application security.

A review of the root causes and contributing factors behind impostor syndrome, and a discussion of how to recognize, treat, and systemically guard against professional feelings of inferiority.

Opportunities at small businesses are often overlooked when it comes to mature Security Operations. This is a huge gap, especially in the face of supply chain attacks, and breaches like Target. When you consider their place in the security ecosystem, these businesses are “too small to fail.”

This talk gives practical steps for those new to Information Security, those trying to hone their skills, or new to the unique differences in securing these types of business. Attendees will walk away with a practical guide for ““how”” these businesses are secured, with explanations that are approachable to people who do not yet have a deep Information Security background.

One CISO’s journey from a Marine Corps Private (and eventually Seargent) to Chief Information Security Officer. The discussion will include steps I took prior to leaving the Marines and the steps taken outside of the military. This includes principles to live by, selecting a mentor and how to determine what you have as your real goal versus the components of your goal.

Veterans representing multiple branches of military service and a wide breadth of personal experience share their stories and advice about transitioning to careers in Information Security.

Moderated by: Malia Mason

In Strategic Planning and Resume Guidance for Transitioning Veterans and Spouses presentation, you will learn important points on how to plan your transition into civilian employment and how to translate your military experience into a 2-page resume.

This is the content of the curriculum but at full scale which will be tailored for the event.

1. Strategic Planning – Introduce current facts about the job market as well as veteran and spouse-specific realities
   • Truth About the Job Market
   • Roadmap to Your Career Transition
   • Self-Perpetual Barriers to Employment
   • Statistics: Veteran Barrier Perceptions
   • Employer-Identified Advantages to Hiring a Veteran
   • Conduct a SWOT Analysis
   • Veteran Education
   • Labor Market Information
   • Salary, Median Earnings, and Income
   • Make Your Exit Plan
   • Job Search Strategies
2. Resume Writing – Discuss the fundamentals of resume writing that will get the resume beyond the application
   • Types of Resumes
   • Overview of Core Categories for Corporate Resume
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It can be hard to get away from the defense industry after military service, this talk will cover some of the issues I had and how I found eventual success. Also, I’ll cover some thoughts to prepare folks for their first full-time security position.

You may have heard about the lack of diversity in cybersecurity and wondered what that really meant to you. Perhaps you even asked yourself, “Why should I care?” The answer will resonate strongly with security professionals, who know they could never depend on only one tool during incident response. They use multiple tools, each one providing a different piece of valuable information and coming together to form a complete picture. This is analogous to the concept of team diversity, and during this discussion we’ll explore how diversity can provide your operation with a competitive edge in the realm of cybersecurity.

Ever wonder what its like to work in Application Security? This presentation will answer the questions: What is application security, when and why organizations may consider outsourcing, and what are the various roles and responsibilities of vendors and clients? Dant35An0nym0u5, a security advisor at an international vulnerability management company (vendor side), and Fuzzing Panda, a security specialist at a fortune 50 (client side), will tell you their stories of what it’s like to work in application security.