Hiring & Retaining Security Talent: Guidance for Your Staffing Strategy
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This session gives concrete hiring and retention tactics: recruit from engineering and finance, run company-wide open calls, and carve budget for offsites and cross-functional ERGs; reports that 4 people left in 4 years and industry diversity is low (9% Black, 4% Asian). Includes a real build—a Slackbot prototype tied to Jira that automates CSA/NIST questionnaires and won a hackathon—and prescribes practices like manage 'em in or out, weekly one‑on‑ones, radical candor, and visible career stretching.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:08About IANS Research
- 2:35Leadership styles in security
- 5:27Servant leadership in practice
- 11:12Recruiting from unexpected backgrounds
- 14:47Diversity and attitude in hiring
- 18:05Retaining talent through culture
- 25:45Keeping employees engaged
- 35:19Actionable leadership advice
- 42:07Q&A on hiring and retention
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