Everything I Know About Security I Learned from Someone Else

Explore a keynote presentation from BSides Edmonton 2025 where Michael Spaling shares insights on cybersecurity knowledge acquisition and learning from others in the field. Discover how security expertise is built through community knowledge sharing, mentorship, and collaborative learning experiences. Learn about the importance of leveraging collective wisdom in cybersecurity, understanding how professionals develop their skills through networking, knowledge exchange, and learning from peers' experiences. Gain perspective on the collaborative nature of the security industry and how individual growth is often rooted in community-driven learning. Note that this 47-minute recording was captured using an unmanned camera system, which may result in occasional framing variations and audio quality fluctuations depending on the speaker's proximity to the podium microphone.