See It To Be It Spotlight

Anna Fridley

Navy Federal Credit Union

AVP Cyber Advanced Analysis Team (CAAT)

Anna Fridley shares how embracing different ways of thinking strengthens the cybersecurity workforce and helps address evolving threats...

๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜†…following tangents from my previous career in Library and Archives Conservation, by way of an interest in Document Forensics, through a masters in Computer Forensics, resulting in a role in cyber threat intelligence.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€…the metaphor of cybersecurity as an immune system. Weโ€™re constantly under attack and our job is to make sure that there are resilient systems to support us in continuity of operations even if we have the sniffles.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€…relentless curiosity.

๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€…Atomic Habits, by James Clear.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ…the problems we face in cybersecurity are too large and interconnected for any individual to solve. We need as many talented people as we can, working with the whole of their experience and drive to come together to make the world safer for our families and our businesses.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ช๐—œ๐—–? My favorite part of attending the UWIC conference I went to was how many incredible people I knew from so many places who were all in the room, getting behind the same goal of solving complex problems with everyoneโ€™s talents.