For a long time, Security has been seen as the adversary of the Business, something to overcome rather than rely on. This leads to the paradoxical situation of organizations hiring highly skilled InfoSec practitioners, but not leveraging them at their full potential. While the problem is not new, the ways to address it have remained often empirical.

In this talk I propose an approach based on one of the most influential business management books, Stephen Covey’s “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”. Brilliant in their simplicity, these seven principles lend themselves elegantly to InfoSec, offering a powerful framework for developing highly effective Cybersecurity leaders.