Story: How I got my dream job in cybersecurity How was your University time? College was rough. I was taught theory but tested on application. While all of my professors were clearly knowledgeable in the topics they taught, not all of them were able to teach in an effective manner. I was in classes where …
I always had the DNA to work hard – it started with part-time jobs in various Retail stores when I was in high school. It was gigs doing things like working in a Christmas tree lot showing/loading tress during the holiday season, checking people in to their rooms at a Motel as a front-desk clerk, …
My name is Saira Harcus and I am currently the Cybersecurity Service Operations lead globally for the Aon Corporation. My story began back in 1997 (Now I am dating myself :)) where I graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Information Technology. It was the new and exciting degree to attain …
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I have taken the “non-traditional path” in both my education and Google Product Manager Job career. At age eight my parents discovered my aptitude and (more importantly) interest in programming. My mother was always learning new things and as a result when she got our first computer and started to learn to program it gave …
Getting a job in Cyber Security can be incredibly frustrating, expensive and a lot of hassle. We are always reading that there’s a shortage of people in infosec, but yet every “entry level” role seems to require experience no graduate could possibly have or enterprise technologies a student could not possibly have had the chance …
