Andrea Simmons, Global Head of Policy & Governance at HP Enterprise Services, discusses the issue of professionalism in information security. She begins by reflecting upon key aspects of her own career path, before moving on to examine the contribution being made by CESG's Information Assurance Professionals Scheme in defining key roles and skills involved. The talk was delivered to the Computer & Information Security Society at Plymouth University on 16 January 2013. [(CC) BY-NC-SA 2.0 UK]