The CISO Experience Mike Miller

Event Conducted on: 4th February, 2023

The Speakers

Together with CISO and pentester mentor Mike Miller, Simon L. organised this event. The conversation focused on Mike’s experience mentoring individuals throughout his career in cybersecurity. Additionally, Mike addressed how to leverage LinkedIn to create a community and establish your own brand.

Key Takeaways

Persistence and Consistency

Passion is key to what you do! In Mike Miller’s own words, he was a ‘Yes Man’—always seeking out challenges and doing things he thought were not his cup of tea.

Biggest Mistake One Makes

People often make the mistake of ‘forgetting to help themselves’. Being helpful to your team and community is great until you forget to grow yourself.

“You can be a great person, but reach nowhere.”
It is important to keep doing what benefits you as well as others; otherwise, you are just wasting your time.

Branding

All of us are salespeople trying to sell our skills. Through LinkedIn, you can connect with people and engage with them to build your own brand.

You can do this not necessarily by posting or writing, but by interacting through comments or messages—basically, engaging with your network.

How to Improve Your Business

Logos don’t sell. Trust has to be built in people for them to trust you.

Talk with them about how you can make them more secure instead of selling your product. Brands are destroyed when people sell themselves too easily!

About Mike’s Book

Mike’s book has two parts:

1. How to Break into Cybersecurity
2. Branding and being recession-proof

Mike also emphasized having a disaster recovery plan for yourself in case you lose your job.

The event is also a very light-hearted conversation between Simon and Mike.

We hope you got a good sense of what was discussed. If you need a summary of any upcoming events, let us know, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

Source

• YouTube: The CISO Experience - Mike Miller
• Host: infosec.live
• Mike’s website: breakincyber.com