Lessons Learned from Diverse Paths to Successful Cybersecurity Careers
summary
Four panelists trace concrete career moves: from hands‑on C/C++ and assembly work to creating automation tooling for Marine Corps security operations, founding NetSecurity, joining Cybereason, and teaching via SANS and the SANS Women’s Academy. Key claims: vendors’ firewalls/AV/IDS don’t stop breaches, politics often blocks security, and networking repeatedly opens pivotal roles. Practical advice: build stuff first, get comfortable with GitHub and Raspberry Pi, learn to break stuff, use Twitter and LinkedIn.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:25A Diverse and Always Changing Profession
- 1:01My Variegated Career in Information/Cybersecurity
- 4:10Advice to Others Starting Out
- 6:10Dot com kid to cybercrime investigator
- 14:01Background
- 21:56Small Business Owner to Cybersecurity Professional
- 25:26What Surprised Me Over the Years
- 31:23Pass It Forward!
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