Advancing from Individual Contributor to Cybersecurity Leader

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Presented at Blue Team Con 2025 by

Kevin Bong

If you’re feeling stuck... you’ve mastered analyzing alerts, configuring firewall rules and creating user accounts, and are wondering how to move your career forward from a task worker to someone who can lead people or programs... this talk is for you. We’ll dig into what leadership really looks like in security: how to influence without authority, get buy-in, and make things happen. You’ll learn the skills and competencies used by successful leaders, and how to develop them yourself. You leave with practical tools, like risk registers, POA&Ms, and frameworks that actually work, and strategies to build trust, lead initiatives, and earn that next role. Whether you’re aiming to own a technology stack, lead a team, become a CISO, or just want your ideas to land, this will help you take the next step.