David Boyer
Debbie Sallis, Executive Director of The Cyber Guild, recently sat down with David Boyer, Chairman and CEO of GlobalWatch Technologies, Inc., to discuss cybersecurity as a meaningful career and how to build trusted relationships to build your success… Debbie: David, tell us about how a young Air Force officer involved in Military Airlift Special Ops […]
Chuck Brooks
I got into cyber… My journey into the cyber world was an early one. I handled security issues when I worked for the late Senator Arlen Specter on The Hill and the transition to our digital world was just beginning. Later I joined the Department of Homeland Security shortly after its founding. I was assigned […]
Alan Delahunty
I got into cyber… through my work in insurance. For me, a positive cyber mindset is… to always be open, mindful, and continue to learn. Cyber is consistently changing and keeping up with insurance trends and coverages is extremely important. I like to educate others on this topic and host multiple educational seminars each year! […]
Jon Check
I got into cyber… by forging my own unconventional path into cybersecurity, coming from a background in environmental science. Early in my career, I was doing hazardous material cleanup and after a long day fraught with danger, mostly caused by my co-workers, I decided to make a change. Problem-solving has always been one of my […]
John Sherman
Debbie Sallis, Executive Director of The Cyber Guild, recently sat down with John Sherman to discuss his thoughts on cybersecurity as a meaningful career and hear insights gained from his journey to becoming CIO DoD… Debbie: John, how did you get into cyber? John: I am in cybersecurity because I took opportunities beyond the day […]
Sam Reddy
I got into cyber… After 18-20 years in IT, navigating diverse roles in system engineering and solution architecture. In 2012, I faced an audit challenge for a federal client where the auditors struggled with understanding secure encrypted communication, hindering the closure of secured findings that were reported as unsecured. Realizing the gap between technical and […]
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 […]