The Code of Honor

CHAPTER 6There Is Strength in the Pack

“I will not be a lone wolf but will instead work collaboratively with my peers and superiors.”

– The Cybersecurity Code of Honor

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

– Helen Keller

“It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”

– Charles Darwin

Jonah was a rising junior cybersecurity analyst at a New York City investment firm. He had graduated from one of the top cybersecurity university programs in the United States a year ago and was already taking on new initiatives with responsibilities far beyond his years at the firm. Even the chief information security officer (CISO) at the firm, Shelby, was taking notice of Jonah's work. Jonah operated on a team with three other security specialists who were seasoned professionals: Tom was a security analyst with eight years of experience; Selah was the current team leader, a former developer who had been working in cybersecurity for more than a decade; and, finally, there was his friend Moses, who had come to the firm after serving in a cybersecurity role in the U.S. armed forces. It was a competent team with good leadership that generally worked well together. Rumor had it that Jonah was up for a review and likely promotion to team leader in the coming weeks.

But the following Monday found Jonah sitting in his CISO's office early in the morning for an urgent meeting. This ...