Frank McGovern is a founder of Blue Team Con, an information security conference focused on community for blue teamers. He is also a senior information security engineer in Chicago, Illinois. Frank has a unique aspect of being in a large organization with a small cybersecurity team. Due to this, he aids in cybersecurity architecture, implementation, and operationalization. He also currently oversees writing the organization's cybersecurity policy and implementing its cybersecurity GRC program. He comes from a Marine Corps intelligence foundation, which has helped him throughout his cybersecurity career.
How do you define a blue team?
Blue team is the culmination of people who are working toward defending an organization's assets. This means that your title doesn't matter; it's the work you're doing. Are you an IT person at a high school who manages antivirus? You are blue team. Are you GRC, such as an auditor? You are blue team. Are you coding securely? You are blue team. Are you even an offensive security red teamer? Guess what? You are part of this blue team. There are no walls. We are all in this together with one goal in mind.
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