Thornton May is an expert at unlocking fresh ways to look at the same old things—including your role in information security.
He inspired hundreds of InfoSec leaders during his keynote this week at the 7th annual SecureWorld Charlotte conference.
Watch this 60-second clip and you’ll see exactly what I’m talking about. He looks at things differently.
You will be thinking about that concept for a while, right? It is fresh.
Thornton calls himself an Empirical Futurist.
He says that guides his focus to here: “Where have these feet been, where are they now, and where are they going?”
That’s something he learned from his mom who was a spy for the top-secret National Security Agency (NSA) gathering human intelligence in the European Theater of operations.
He also suggests we step back and look at our position, purpose, and place in time to help revise our mental map.
“Being in InfoSec does not suck; it’s now a source of competitive advantage!”
And what business doesn’t want more of that?
