5 Failsafe Techniques For Interviewing Security Candidates

Hiring is, and will likely remain, a strategic challenge for quite some time.  At the same time, a bad hire can have disastrous consequences for an organization.  Given this, interviewing candidates well becomes extremely important.  How can organizations interview well?  My thoughts in my latest DarkReading piece: http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/5-failsafe-techniques-for-interviewing-security-candidates/a/d-id/1326360?.

Hacking is Sexy, But Defending is the Grown-up Thing To Do

Hacking is most definitely sexy.  But shouldn't equal attention be paid to those who toil day in and day out defending their organizations from compromise?  My thoughts on the topic in my latest SecurityWeek piece:  http://www.securityweek.com/hacking-sexy-defending-grown-thing-do.  Defending is an important piece of the security puzzle too often missing from the broader dialogue.