But blue team is sexy too. What's cooler than finding an attacker all smug they "won" and disrupting a multi-million dollar intelligence operation? 1/
If you retort with "no, you're just fighting script kiddies" then you need to up your game (or go be blue somewhere else). I think people idolize red because it's easier to "feel" the awesome. 2/
I'm not saying red isn't important. It is absolutely critical to any serious security program. 3/
The best paid tech people I know in infosec are blue
There are *WAY* more jobs for blue than red
It's easier to get entry level into blue than red
Purple team is the future anyway
Thanks for coming to my TED talk /FIN