Sean Stalzer
I got into cyber… through curiosity. I had a natural curiosity about how things worked which naturally leads a person to figure out how to break things. When your job is to keep things running, and you know how things can break, you start thinking about how you prevent things from breaking. So, curiosity to […]
Daria Bahrami
I got into cyber… because it touches every industry we interact with and yet, as a general population, we’re the least informed about the entire subject. Cybersecurity impacts all of the technology we rely on and don’t even think about: getting in the car and trusting that it’ll turn on and get us home; ordering […]
Pirooz Javan
I got into cyber… serendipitously, stemming from a 25-year career in IT consulting. About a decade into my career, I faced an unexpected challenge: describing the cybersecurity capabilities of an information system. At the time, my knowledge of securing systems was limited, but the critical nature and complexity of the task immediately intrigued me. This […]
Hannah Lensing
I got into cyber… through a mentor of mine who recommended I join a new research and development program centered around cyber red teaming almost 4 years ago. Despite having no prior knowledge of the field at that time, I joined the program and have since been thoroughly engrossed in the cyber world. As I […]
Netta Squires
I got into cyber… Originating from a foundation in emergency management, public safety, and law, my foray into cybersecurity was prompted by a realization: the burgeoning threat of cyber attacks posed a new frontier for emergency management to confront. Despite emergency management’s all-hazards approach, I felt ill-equipped to address this highly technical menace with potentially […]
Shawn Henry
I got into cyber… I was initially exposed to cyber and security-related studies in college, but I became really involved in the space as an FBI Agent. So many investigations had a cyber nexus – white collar crime, terrorism, criminal enterprises – cyber touched nearly everything by the 1990s and early 2000s. I eventually led […]
Amanda Satterwhite
I got into cyber… when I joined a small boutique cyber company in 2006 that was developing a digital forensic analysis system in support of counterterrorism missions. Prior to joining that small cyber company, I had developed 8 years of experience as a software engineer for a large IT company, that (while I didn’t know […]
Zach Oxendine
I got into cyber… by enlisting in the U.S. Air Force right after high school. Cyber Systems was on my short list of jobs shared with my recruiter, and an opening was available, so I took it! The skill that set me up for success… would have to be determination. Cyber is a large encompassing […]
Jen Sovada
I got into cyber… through the Air Force and was exposed to it in many of my jobs. However, my passion for cyber was fueled by my company, SandboxAQ. We are a company that is focused on issues at the nexus between AI and Quantum and one of those issues is Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC). […]
Meghan Good
I got into cyber… through my high school computer science classes. A short version of a pivotal moment: Did you know that a well-placed semicolon can cause an infinite loop, which crashes a network? I was fascinated at how small changes can make a big impact so quickly. Through my studies and career, I built […]