Mary Beth Borgwing
I got into cyber… I entered the cybersecurity sector by accident prior to 9/11, being asked to come into a healthcare single sign-on company that Hewlett-Packard (HP) was spinning out, Sentillion. That was IT security before we called it cyber. I was on the board and their CFO, and I understood that this was a […]
Amy Williams
I got into cyber through… arguably a precursor to cyber which was Accounting Information Systems (AIS), a field that focused on understanding internal corporate networks and associated potential risks to business data. I started out working in AIS before the graphical interface of the internet (aka the World Wide Web) turned everyone’s data-sharing networks into supply […]
Matt Ireland
I got into cyber… as a high school student, I was eager to learn (hack) the typing classroom’s Novell Network. Starting with a printout of commands, I just worked through them one at a time – self-learning what each command did. Building the foundational blocks to figure out how things worked. As I learned how […]
Katea Murray
I got into cyber…after starting as an intern working as a software developer for SAIC (now Leidos) one summer. After my first summer, I returned as an intern, and I was asked to support a project out of the Intelligence Community (IC) organization. The project allowed us to not only explore a diverse range of […]
Zoe Mullins
I got into cyber through… some of my biggest interests in my early academic life: quantum computing, optical communications, and spacecraft instrumentation. At the intersection of these areas, I found myself at Leidos, where I primarily work on quantum communications and its impacts on cybersecurity and space systems. For me, a positive cyber mindset is… […]
Desiree Driver
I got into cyber through… a rotational program focused on technical leadership development. Originally having experience in Mechanical Engineering, I wanted to widen my lens by getting into a different role and in a different field. I joined as a project manager on a team that does cyber solution architecting and research. I enjoyed it […]
Kayleigh Batchos
I got into cyber…through my dad. Growing up, I would always ask him about his job in technology, and I thought it was the most fascinating thing on the planet. When it came time to choose a major, I decided on engineering because I was better at math, and coding didn’t really interest me at […]
Aubrey Milham
I got into cyber… through my legislative fellowship program at Monument Advocacy. In this role, I was responsible for preparing congressional hearing memos and conducting policy research into cybersecurity-related legislation and regulation. After covering my first hearing on the Log4j vulnerability – I was hooked. Why did you get involved in UWIC?… Between the incredible […]
Alison King
I got into cyber… earlier in my career; I worked for the U.S. Navy’s STANDARD Missile Program Office as the Project Manager for Japan and Korea. In this job, I was responsible for executing physical and cyber security requirements for foreign facilities established in the Department of Defense’s National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual. Interestingly, […]
Lindsey Rose
I got into cyber…while I was in college studying communications. During this time, the term “cybersecurity” was a major buzzword, and I was quickly finding myself drawn to the multitude of career paths it presented but didn’t know where to start. Fortunately, while working as a marketing intern, an opportunity presented itself to head up […]