SANS Community Night Riyadh March 2023 - 5 Critical Skills for Infosec Professionals

What are the critical skills that extremely successful infosec professionals need and how can we develop these? Obviously, technology matters but it's not just about technology. In Ted Demopoulos' research, talking to, interviewing, and basically spending time with infosec professionals that are so successful that the moniker “Rock Star" is sometimes entirely appropriate, he has distilled 5 critical professional, and sometimes, life skills. This talk covers these 5 skills with plenty of practice advice.