After years of acquiring Red Teaming skills, Senior Red Teamers (sometimes unexpectedly) grow into a lead position at some point in their career. This talk focuses less on the technical facets and more on the challenges that young leaders with a strong technical background may face. It will also look at how good leadership can contribute to employee development and retention, how innovation and automation can succeed without sacrificing quality, and how to build effective Red Teams.
Björn Trappe is one of the founders and managing directors of Laokoon Security, a company formed by a team of former offensive cybersecurity experts from the German armed forces and other security agencies. With a deep specialization in orchestrating and executing Red Team engagements, Björn leads his teams in comprehensive attack strategies that extend beyond IT-perimeter defenses to include physical security breaches. His work is driven by a commitment to exposing and addressing the full spectrum of organizational vulnerabilities.