Jim Routh -- The CISO Transition to the rest of life

Former CISO Jim Routh discusses his perspective on retirement and career fulfillment in cybersecurity. Rather than viewing retirement as simply stopping work, Routh describes his three-filter approach: working only with people he respects and admires, doing only work he finds fulfilling, and controlling when he works. He shares valuable lessons learned about which post-retirement opportunities truly bring satisfaction and explains why he avoids certain roles. Routh emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity professionals taking ownership of their career development, recommending they focus on developing two specific skills annually rather than using tenure to guide career moves. The article written by Jim, published on LinkedIn: CISO Transition Check out previous episodes with Jim: Jim’s original AppSec podcast episode is our listened to of all time. Jim Routh -- Selling Up The Chain And Jim Routh — Secure Software Pipelines FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA: ➜Twitter: @AppSecPodcast ➜LinkedIn: The Application Security Podcast ➜YouTube: Thanks for Listening! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Jim Routh -- The CISO Transition to the rest of life is an episode from Application Security PodCast by Chris Romeo and Robert Hurlbut.

This episode is 49:36 long.

This episode was published on Mar 11, 2025.

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