What Goes Through the Mind of a Cybersecurity Leader

Going inside the mind of defenders in a world where speed, risk and agility matters, Chaos and Grit of Defending a World on the Edge

Imagine a hacker’s cursor blinking on your network’s edge—your company’s crown jewels one click away from disappearing. The payroll database, customer secrets, that prototype you’ve spent years perfecting—all dangling like bait. That’s the movie trailer we’ve obsessed over for 30 years: the criminal mastermind in a dark hoodie, outsmarting the system. Sexy, right? But me? I’m hooked on the defenders—the ones who don’t sleep, who chase digital ghosts through endless logs, who turn chaos into control.

As a kid, I’d devour detective novels, piecing together clues before the big reveal. Now, I live it.