Departing the Profession: Why Infosec Burnout is a Bigger Deal Than We Think

February 7, 2019

Today, a fellow CISO of mine sent out a flash over our private CISO bat channel (yes, we do have these) saying he was leaving his role and heading off to not “do security” anymore. As I read the note, it struck me that this was not the first time I had seen this same scenario in the past month.

George Finney: Training Future Digital Security Leaders

Diane Ritchey

November 6, 2018

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When George Finney was studying law at Southern Methodist University, a private university in metropolitan Dallas with 11,649 students (undergrad and graduate), his supervisor made him a “deal of a lifetime,” he says.

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