If you want to build a secure community, you must have a foundation of trust. Trust is the language, currency, and fuel that powers security. Building trust begins with leaders whom you can trust. These leaders must not only inspire people to act, but also cultivate trust among the entire community. Because, inside high-trust environments people are naturally inclined to do the right things and follow security protocols.
Servant Leadership is a management concept that has been around for decades. It is a philosophical approach to management that not only makes organizations work better, it makes them significantly more secure. It accomplishes this through building high-trust relationships with employees which in turn fosters better security.
In this presentation, veteran information security leader, Andrew Plato will discuss how the concepts of Servant Leadership are applicable to Security Leadership, and how you can use these concepts to build a high-trust, high-security environment.
- The value of Servant Leadership for security managers
- How to build a high-trust culture
- The 10 qualities of a Servant Leader
- This is a presentation focused on making security people better leaders. It is also NOT A SALES PITCH. It talks about the qualities of great leaders and how that can build a strong security program
About Andrew Plato

In 1995 while working at Microsoft, Andrew Plato executed the first known instance of a SQL Injection attack against an early e-commerce site. When he demonstrated this attack to the developers, they dismissed the issue as irrelevant. Intrigued, Plato left Microsoft to found Anitian, an information security intelligence firm. Today, Anitian is one of the most trusted names in security intelligence with clients worldwide. Anitian has a mission to Build Great Security. For the past 20 years, Plato and Anitian have consistently executed on this mission with innovative, pragmatic answers to the most vexing security, compliance, and risk challenges. Plato’s career encompasses nearly every dimension of information security. He has participated in thousands of security projects, written hundreds of articles, and advised hundreds of C-level executives. Being both a business owner and a security practitioner allows Plato to bring a unique perspective to any discussion regarding security, technology, and governance. Plato is well-known for delivering entertaining presentations that challenge conventional thinking and deliver practical answers to complex IT security challenges.