Escape Room: How skills needed in Escape room challenges apply to your Cybersecurity team

We have tremendous IT turnover today and a lack of skilled resources for some job roles such as threat hunters in a Security Operations Center (SOC). This session will explore how Escape Rooms can teach IT leadership about building a Cybersecurity team. An escape room is an ideal teaching tool that an organization can leverage to address the challenge of assembling a security team and navigating problems together. Success starts with the team and having the right mix of talent and skills should reveal the clues to the game. We will explore the job roles in a SOC and skills required while correlating those to the skills required to successfully navigate an escape room challenge.

James Risler is a security and IT industry expert. As senior manager of security content engineering at Cisco, he's constantly discovering and exploring the latest trends and issues in security, IT and business. In his current role, he oversees the team responsible for security course development at Cisco. James is passionate about helping organizations understand the impact that security events can have on business and how to mitigate that risk. That's why he works to educate individuals and organizations in a variety of cybersecurity topics, including threat defense, virtual private networks and firewall configuration among others. He has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry; he's started and managed several of his own firms and has worked for major corporations, including Walt Disney World. Prior to joining Cisco, he taught security courses as a Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CCSI) and consulted with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. James is a distinguished speaker at Cisco Live, holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tampa.