Agile iteration: My unique onboarding experience at GitLab

Michael Fahey, a manager of GitLab's Red Team, recounts his early experiences with the team, emphasizing the importance of iteration and adaptability in security practices. Shortly after joining, Fahey participated in the CEO Shadow Program, where he was encouraged by GitLab's CEO, Sid Sijbrandij, to conduct a social engineering exercise to test the company's security protocols. The exercise aimed to assess how employees would respond to impersonated requests from the CEO via a compromised Slack account, ultimately identifying weaknesses in security practices. Despite initial challenges in the exercise, the Red Team learned valuable lessons about the effective communication and response of GitLab's Security Operations Team. Fahey reflects on the necessity of rapid iteration over meticulous planning, underscoring the value of learning from failure and the importance of empowering employees to question authority in security contexts. The experience highlighted the need for continuous growth and collaboration between the Red Team and Security Operations to enhance GitLab's overall security posture.

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