Building a Stronger Security Team: Geoff Belknap, LinkedIn

It’s said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, but under the proper management – management with a keen eye towards investing in its own people – there is no such thing as a weak link, only an opportunity for growth.  

In this episode, Microsoft CISO Bret Arsenault talks with Geoff Belknap, colleague and fellow CISO at LinkedIn, about what it means to build a team, not of experts, but of intrepid thinkers willing to learn something new and invest in themselves to grow. 

In This Episode You Will Learn: 

• Why investing in people without a ‘necessary’ skill can be more beneficial than hiring someone who checks all the boxes 
• Why focusing on yourself, in whatever way that manifests, is so crucial to a successful team 
• How security is fundamentally an interdisciplinary field 

Some Questions We Ask: 

• How do we solve the gender gap in the industry? 
• What are some of the things Geoff has learned over the past year? 
• How do you promote employees and team members investing in themselves? 

Resources: 

Geoff Belknap’s LinkedIn

Brett Arsenault’s LinkedIn

Related:

Listen to: Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson

Listen to: Security Unlocked

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Security Unlocked: CISO Series with Bret Arsenault is produced by Microsoft and distributed as part of The CyberWire Network.

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