Abstract: Security professionals have it rough. When you’re not fighting 31 flavors of bad guys, you’re fighting the users or each other. Security isn’t a day job, it’s a lifestyle that can chew you up and leave you with a bitter, jaded, and hopeless view of the world. I think it’s time for a stark self-reflection on who we are, what we do, and why any of this matters – before we can think about how to carry our profession forward into the next decade and beyond. Yeah, us security people have it rough … or do we?