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Richard FitzHugh Needhams 1834 . Things I wish I had known. How much money do I need? Who gives out this money, and for what? What do I need to do to persuade them to give it to me? . How much do you need? . 65% Oxygen 18% Carbon 10% Hydrogen 3% Nitrogen 1.5% Calcium
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Richard FitzHugh Needhams 1834
Things I wish I had known..... • How much money do I need? • Who gives out this money, and for what? • What do I need to do to persuade them to give it to me?
65% Oxygen 18% Carbon 10% Hydrogen 3% Nitrogen 1.5% Calcium 1% Phosphorous 0.35% Potassium 0.25% Sulphur 0.15% Sodium 0.15% Chlorine 0.05% Magnesium 0.0004% Iron 0.00004% Iodine Trace quantities of fluorine, silicon, manganese, zinc, copper, aluminum, and arsenic. • In minerality.... • ‘Organically’ • Insurance ...£5m • WHO about 3K a month Kidney £12K Cornea £4K Heart £60K Lung £30K Liver £25K Pancreas £70K Blastocysts.......?
How Much Are you Actually worth? (ISC workforce study , 17th Feb) • ~ 2 million IS workers worldwide (10% ACR). 680,000 EMEA • Who are they? - 19% IT management, 6% CTOs, 3% CISOs, 10~%CIOs - 11% sysads7% network Admin, 7% programmer • After 5 years experience......EMEA: $66,761
What is an Employer looking for? • The Kobayashi Maru question : Experience • Qualifications (business as well as techie) • Ability to Communicate • Publications and conferences (evidence of comms skills) • Network (e-network) • Social events (white hat) • Associations • Specific Skills...
Getting Experience • Network ; attend events (cheap point of entry) • Be best mates with a recruitment consultant • Volunteer • Consult “take the job...find out how to do it” – be agile or big blue? • Associate work • Work at publications & events........... • Worry about the company, not the salary....
Associations Things to look out for.... • Main entry criteria is ownership of £50 a year • Articles of association • ‘Executive’ is made up of consultants - ‘Secretariat’ is a family member • Do not endorse others training/ CPD • Annual event is a drinking event, newsletter is an advert • Who are the existing members? Dress the guy whose job you want......
What are they going to Pay me for? • Mobile security & availability • DPA/ Privacy/ Bribery ICO • FSS • Cloud Security • ‘Standards’ • PCI • Business Continuity • App testing/security (BI) • SCADA security • “Humans” & Culture • Convergent security • Cyber defence.....
How to Succeed • Network& Forums - LISTEN!!!!! – where is the industry and who are you? • Define your success criteria and stick to it. • Get the right experience
Example • Aged 22, Masters in Infosec, specialist in pen testing, keen to develop in gaming industry. • Aged 24, degree in IT, work experience at major charity, would like to contribute to society. • At 23, IS masters, lives in Shetland. Interested in (online) application security. • Work at A bank, oil&gas/mining, arms company, animal testing, fags or medicine company. • Unless the moral bit is worth £40,000 to you a year by the age of 45.