“These Aren’t Soft Skills — They’re Human Skills” Infosecurity Europe 2025 Coverage by ITSPmagazine
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“These Aren’t Soft Skills — They’re Human Skills”
A Post–Infosecurity Europe 2025 Conversation with Rob Black and Anthony Dalton
🎙 ️ Hosts & Guests
🎙 ️ Marco Ciappelli
Co-Founder & Podcast Host, ITSPmagazine
Host of Redefining Society & Technology
🔗https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcociappelli
🎙 ️ Rob Black
Founder, Santa Fe Group
Cybersecurity Leadership & Education Advocate
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roblackukk
🎙 ️ Anthony Dalton
Cybersecurity Storyteller, Crisis Simulation Expert
Strategic Communications Lead, RangeForcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ajdaltonon
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Intro:
We’re back from Infosecurity Europe 2025, but the conversations are far from over. In this post-event follow-up, Marco Ciappelli reconnects from Florence with Rob Black — and brings in Anthony Dalton for a deep-dive into something we all talk about but rarely define clearly: soft skills. Or, as we prefer to call them… human skills.
Rob and Anthony are no strangers to the importance of communication, collaboration, and team trust in cybersecurity — not just as nice-to-haves, but as critical, measurable capabilities. Together, they explore how story-driven training, realistic exercises, and shifting language can unlock better team performance, improve resilience, and even reduce risk at scale.
If you think “soft skills” are soft… you haven’t been paying attention.
Whether you’re a CISO, a SOC leader, or someone who’s just tired of seeing tech get all the glory while humans carry the real weight — this episode is for you.
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Summary:
Infosecurity Europe 2025 may be over, but the most important conversations are just getting started. In this episode, Marco Ciappelli is joined by Rob Black and Anthony Dalton to reflect on the real differentiator in cybersecurity teams: human-centric skills. From storytelling to structured exercises, from team communication to burnout prevention, this is a practical, honest look at how we build trust, resilience, and performance beyond the tech stack.
Together, they challenge the outdated “soft skills” label and push for a new framework that elevates what truly matters in cybersecurity leadership, incident response, and training — people.
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Keywords
Cybersecurity, Infosecurity Europe 2025, Soft Skills, Human Skills, Cyber Resilience, Cyber Training, Security Leadership, Incident Response, Teamwork, Storytelling in Cyber, Marco Ciappelli, Rob Black, Anthony Dalton, On Location, ITSPmagazine, Communication Skills, Cyber Crisis Simulation, RangeForce, Trust in Teams, Post Event Podcast, Security Culture