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From Technical Person to Leader: The Technical Professional's Guide to Becoming a Security Manager is a comprehensive guide for security professionals navigating the transition from technical expert to organizational leader. Drawing on real-world experience across offensive security, SOC operations, security engineering, and GRC, this book addresses the gap that certifications and technical training leave behind — the human, organizational, and political dimensions of security leadership that determine whether a program succeeds or fails.

Across sixteen chapters, readers will learn how to translate technical risk into business decisions, build and manage high-performing security teams, navigate executive conversations and board presentations, construct a mature security program from scratch, and develop the strategic thinking that separates a security manager from a CISO. Each chapter combines candid war stories, practical frameworks, and self-assessment questions designed to accelerate the leadership journey for practitioners at every stage.

Whether you are a penetration tester stepping into your first management role, a SOC analyst building toward program leadership, or a security engineer learning to influence without authority, this book gives you the language, the tools, and the honest guidance to lead — without leaving your technical roots behind.

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