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Cequence's William Glazier on Building Teams through Operational Connection
The hardest part of security leadership isn't building better detection systems; it's staying connected enough to the daily work that you can still recognize when something doesn't make sense.…
HUMAN Security's Lindsay Kaye on Why Empathy Is Non-negotiable
Lindsay Kaye's career turned on a single decision: someone taught her reverse engineering despite her lack of experience, shaping her leadership philosophy around giving others similar opportunities.…
LastPass's Alex Cox on Turning Vulnerability Into Leadership Strength
The best security leaders don't pretend to know everything; they build teams where admitting knowledge gaps becomes a competitive advantage. Alex Cox, Lead of Artificial Intelligence Working Group at…
Evershed Sutherland's Patrick Gilman on How Revenue Follows Purpose Instead of Driving It
Patrick Gilman, Lawyer, Partner, & Co-Head of National Security Practice at Eversheds Sutherland, points to a disconnect between how professional services firms measure success and what actually…
ConnectWise's Bryson Medlock on Leading without a Universal Playbook
Bryson Medlock's path to Threat Intelligence Evangelism Director, CW Research Unit at ConnectWise positioned him to address what actually creates high-performing security teams: treating people as…
CPPS' Jameson Ritter on Why 98% of Violence Prevention Starts with Human Behavior
The biggest security failures don't happen because teams miss warning signs in the data; they happen because no one reported the warning signs in the first place. Jameson Ritter, Director of…
N-able's Kevin O'Connor on Why Hiring Smarter Than Yourself Scales Security Teams
Kevin O’Connor's decade at the NSA taught him that the path to effective security leadership runs counter to most instincts: hire people smarter than yourself, let experts drive decisions in their…
GetReal's Tom Cross on Goal Orientation That Sabotages First-Time Managers
The transition from individual contributor to manager destroys more promising security leaders than any technical challenge they'll face. Tom Cross, Head of Threat Research at GetReal, learned this…
Fortified Health Security's T.J. Ramsey on Screening For Team Dynamics over Certifications
The transition from technical excellence to leadership excellence often requires unlearning the habits that made you successful. T.J. Ramsey, Sr. Director of Threat Operations at Fortified Health…
Tokio Marine’s Alex Bovicelli on Building Purpose over ROI
Managing threat intelligence for 20,000 companies reveals patterns invisible to most security leaders. Alex Bovicelli, Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Tokio Marine HCC, sees hundreds of…
DTCC’s Scott Scher on Structured Disagreement and Intellectual Humility in CTI Leadership
Scott Scher, Associate Director - Cyber Threat Intelligence, DTCC has built his career on a counterintuitive premise: effective intelligence teams provide justification for security decisions rather…
Tidal Cyber’s Scott Small on Useful Self-Teaching Technical Security Skills
Scott Small, Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Tidal Cyber, built his security career on self-taught technical skills while competitors relied on computer science degrees, proving that…
SecurityScorecard's Jeremy Turner on Building Persistence into Your Culture
Most leaders avoid failure, but Jeremy Turner, VP of Threat Intelligence & Research at SecurityScorecard, has built his leadership philosophy around deliberately seeking challenges where failure…
Cedar Hill's Ely Reyes on How Operational Readiness Enables Effective Leadership
In the transition from Assistant Chief to Chief, Ely Reyes learned that while you do gain authority, you also lose the safety net of upward accountability. As Director of Public Safety & Chief of…
Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks’ Kyle Wilhoit on Making Time for Curiosity as a Technical Leader
Kyle Wilhoit, Technical Director of Threat Research at Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks, has an approach to leading threat intelligence teams that centers on two core practices that maintain both technical…
Fortinet’s Aamir Lakhani on Leading from the Bottom of the Ladder
The most damaging security breaches often happen not because of weak technology, but because overwhelmed human operators start cutting corners under pressure. Aamir Lakhani, Global Director of Threat…
DomainTools' Daniel Schwalbe on Navigating Leadership Transitions
Most security organizations promote their best technical performers into leadership roles without any formal training, creating a pipeline of struggling managers who burn out trying to stay hands-on…
Christopher Budd on Why Security Leaders Must Be Dispellers of Panic
When 90% of internet-connected systems worldwide depended on your software and a single vulnerability could crash entire sectors, crisis leadership took on existential importance. Christopher Budd,…
Armis's Michael Freeman on Leading Through Strategic Energy Allocation
The most sophisticated security tools fail when leaders don't understand the business context they're supposed to protect. Michael Freeman, Head of Threat Intelligence at Armis, learned this lesson…
Elastic's Darren LaCasse on Distributed Security Operations at Scale
The transition from technical security expert to effective people leader is way more challenging than it might sound. Darren LaCasse, Director of Threat Intelligence, Detection, & Response at…
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Human Element has published 24 episodes since May 2025, covering topics in Technology.
Human Element is currently moderate with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 40m.
