Episode Summary:

This episode is a little different. We're sharing a session from Behind the Cyber Creator, a live AMA series we run at the Cybersecurity Marketing Society, and Tyler Ramsbey was our first guest.

Tyler went from pastor to pentester, built a study group into a community of 15,000 people, and walked away from a six-figure job to run his own businesses. He's been doing it all in the open, which makes the conversation worth having.

We talk about building an audience without a big budget or a polished setup, why he says no to most brand deals, what it's like to be the bottleneck in your own business, and how he thinks about family alongside all of it. There's also a good thread on AI and pentesting that doesn't require a technical background to follow.

About Tyler:

Tyler Ramsbey is the founder of Kairos Sec, a boutique pen testing firm, and Hack Smarter, a training platform for people learning ethical hacking. Before cybersecurity, he spent 10 years as a pastor. He has over 66,000 followers on LinkedIn and a Discord community of 15,000 people, and he shares everything publicly, including revenue numbers.

Links & Resources:

Follow Tyler Ramsbey on LinkedIn
Kairos Sec
Hack Smarter
Hack Smarter Discord
Team OSH
In partnership with: Mischka Agency
Simply Cyber - Gerald Auger, Director of Strategy at Kairos Sec
CourseStack - where Tyler published his community-building blog
Recommended book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

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