Sarah Blake
As a VET, I got into cyber…As I transitioned out of the military, I had to think about what was next for me. Then one day, I signed up for a cybersecurity elective during my Master’s in National Security Policy. That class was called “Cybersecurity and National Security Law and Policy” and it proved to […]
James Chapman
I got into cyber through…I grew up in a small, rural town in Alabama—on a farm, with dial-up internet that barely limped along even as I finished high school. While most of my friends across the river had high-speed cable, I spent ages just trying to load a webpage. People are often surprised I ended […]
Ingrid Peterson
I got into cyber through…I was incredibly fortunate to pivot from a large consulting firm to a smaller technology-focused business last year. My current boss took a chance on me and hired me as a leader for client delivery overseeing many contracts with responsibility for direct delivery on a newly won Red Team contract where […]
Ben Evanko
I got into cyber through…a company-wide cyber compliance initiative that needed fast results. At the time, I didn’t know much about cybersecurity, but I’ve always had a fascination with technology and a passion for learning. What impacted me most was connecting with experienced cybersecurity professionals who took the time to explain what they did and […]
Sabeen Malik
I got into cyber policy through…the work I did on legal norms on cross border data flows, data sovereignty, privacy, and AI policy. For me, a positive cyber mindset is…a constructive, proactive, and resilient mental approach to engaging with the digital world. It emphasizes empowerment rather than fear, curiosity rather than avoidance, and shared responsibility […]
Camille Stewart Gloster
I got into cyber through…a fortuitous series of events. I knew I wanted to blend my technical acumen and passion for the law and people to solve hard problems. I didn’t know how that would manifest itself but I was recruited to a cybersecurity company after law school and it crystallized quickly that I could […]
Alicia Backous
I got into cyber …because a leader I worked for recognized that I enjoy solving complex problems and asked me to support a cyber client my firm was working with. I approached the complex problem of cyber by building a diverse team at Guidehouse with backgrounds in cyber but also IT, data, communications, customer experience. […]
Mary O’Brien
As a VET, I got into cyber through…a fundamental need to move data quickly and effectively, both in my professional role and personal life. Professionally, as the military use of unmanned aerial devices for intelligence collection grew exponentially, there was an intense demand to deliver full motion video to customers in near real-time, which required […]
Sarbari Gupta
I got into cyber through…I grew up in Kolkata, India, the daughter of an engineer and a homemaker. My love of math and science drew me to follow in my father’s footsteps. After earning an undergraduate engineering degree at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, I traveled to the United States to pursue graduate studies […]
Meredith Wallace
I got into cyber through…Cyber found me! I do not consider myself a technical expert, nor is it my passion, and yet we live in a digitalized world where cyber threats and opportunities are ubiquitous. I found my way into cyber working in national security and was recruited by an executive who offered me an […]