Stories of burnout in tech professionals are not rare, particularly in security pros. Building on the earlier work of the stress and burnout project team which presented at BSidesLV 2011 and RSA USA 2012 and adding new voices, perspectives, and research this panel will explore what we have learned about warning signs, prevention, support, and recovery- and what remains to be done. This will be a highly personal and conversational discussion. While this topic needs public discussion, we are submitting to the Underground track to encourage candid discussions which might be stifled by public exposure.
Joshua Corman is the CTO for Sonatype and a Founder of I am The Cavalry (dot org). Corman has served key research and strategy roles at Akamai Technologies, The 451 Group, and IBM Internet Security Systems. He co-founded @RuggedSoftware and @IamTheCavalry to encourage new security approaches in response to the world’s increasing dependence on digital infrastructure. Josh's unique approach to security in the context of human factors, adversary motivations and social impact has helped position him as one of the most trusted names in security. He is an adjunct faculty for Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College and Advisor to DHS S&T. Josh received his bachelor's degree in philosophy, graduating summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire.
Jack is a miserable old man who hates people, and likes to watch them suffer. But even he is sick of watching folks in InfoSec, the hacker community, and the tech community at large suffer stress and burnout.
Martin McKeay is bad at getting his bio to the panel moderator, and feasts on unicorns. Clearly he's been in Britain too long. Martin is a Senior Security Advocate at Akamai, joining the company in 2011. As a member of Akamai's Security Intelligence Team, he is responsible for researching security threats, customer education and industry intelligence. With over fifteen years of experience in the security space and five years of direct Payment Card Industry work, McKeay has provided expertise to hundreds of companies. He is also the author of the Network Security Blog and hosted the Network Security Podcast for many years. He writes for the Security Intelligence Blog and InfoSecurity Magazine.
Chris is a security data nerd at Hewlett-Packard. Outside work he co-founded the not-for-profit Online Privacy Foundation who contribute to the emerging discipline of behavioral residue research within online social networks. He has previously spoken on this area of research at BSides, DEF CON and other conferences.