Project management meets cyber security: Innovative solutions for managing cyber security

Traditional product and project management practices have both been refined down to the finest detail - but where does cyber security fit in? We’re not directly pushing product releases and security engineers in growing businesses can have a broad range of conflicting priorities from incident response, CSOC and service desk, to continual monitoring, application security and implementing small to medium scale security improvement projects. So how do we manage the workflow of a dynamic (and busy!) cyber security department?

This presentation will delve into the unique operational and project management challenges that growing cyber security departments face, and look at how project management practices can be evolved and adapted to suit the exclusive needs of these cyber security teams. We will explore concepts of project management, practical workflow solutions, and the positive outcomes of improving your project management - for both productivity and team culture!

Session Outline:

1. Introduction

2. Cyber Security’s Unique Management Challenges

3. Evolving Solutions

4. Process Improvements: Where to Start?

5. Practical Planning Workflows

6. Establishing Department Priorities

7. Measuring Success and the Importance of Team Reflection

8. Improving Project Management in Cyber Security at Bugcrowd

9. Conclusion