Security consulting offers unparalleled opportunities for professional learning. 
In fact, each new engagement offers a new systems infrastructure, new security 
challenges, and a unique opportunity to make significant, long-term contributions 
through leading, progressive, short-term projects. Interestingly, some brilliant 
security minds today lack the ability to navigate and adapt to the non-technical 
challenges in a given environment. This talk will provide real-world accounts of 
difficult customer engagements and build on some of the successes and failures 
charted during my own career.

Sample topics:

    * Why "you are dumb" will not get you very far.
    * Simply being correct does not establish credibility among those who cannot 
      understand you.
    * Establishing influence quickly within an organization.
    * Understanding why and how you were engaged.
    * Understanding the evolution (or devolution) of security issues.
    * Maintaining a perspective for the tools and skills present within an 
      organization.
    * Maintaining a focus on active engagement.