The first time I was ever in what could be described as a “#warroom” was during the #ILOVEYOU #worm.

I was in there, because I told my boss I would like to see how that works, so I’d be better suited in case I ever needed to handle something like that. (But really I was just curious.)

With a 15 year gap I was by far the youngest (and way least senior) person in the room. The meeting was presided over by a director which today would be C-Suite.The term “#CISO” hadn’t been invented yet, but the person presenting basically was one.

The person was doing such a “great job” that most of the discussions were about things he never said and which none of the managers actually understood.

I was young and hadn’t quite learned to grovel to management, so I decided to speak up, and “translate” some technical stuff into #managerspeak.

My boss physically kicked me under the table to shut me up. And afterwards the CISO privately asked the managers to exclude me from further meetings.

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