C2 Corner: Why I Mentor

This piece presents Chris Camacho's foreword and Jim Routh's perspective on mentoring in cybersecurity, recounting how early guidance from Steve Katz shaped Routh's career and philosophy; it outlines mentoring principles (the mentee does the heavy lifting and mentors adapt to the mentee's needs), emphasizes helping people think rather than giving directives, and describes Routh's ongoing, uncompensated commitment to mentoring over 100 practitioners and CISOs as a way to strengthen the community.