This is a discussion about closing the gap between the search for the right job in Infosec and resolving the “perceived” shortage in available talent. We’ll discuss the challenges on both sides, for employers and candidates, touch on some points and truths that are constant, identify some tactics for success, then share, and collaborate.
Kirsten Renner (@Krenner) is possibly best known in this community for her role in the Car Hacking Village, but what she really does as a day job is recruit. She dabbled with programming in the early 90s, but as fun as it was, she wasn’t very good at it. She then found herself building and running help desks, both for a local municipality and a startup ecomm firm at the ‘dotcom boom’ era. For the last 18 years, she has done technical recruiting, and for the last decade, Information Security.