cybersecurity talent
Balancing Cybersecurity Program Priorities: It’s Time to Get Help
Fast, good, and cheap. Or: Time, resources and budget. The Project Management Triangle. The Iron Triangle. The Triple Constraint. There are many names for the program management challenge of balancing three constraints, but it all comes down to this: you can’t have all three. You can do something…
The Power of Role Models and a Good Book
My path to cybersecurity looks more like a winding road than a straight line, but it’s the influential role models and valuable information I consumed with every turn that paved my path towards a career in cybersecurity – specifically privacy. I fell into secure networking by chance. I was attending…
Cisco Takes Exclusivity Out of Cybersecurity
Nearly 30 years ago, I attended the first of what would be hundreds of information security conferences throughout my career. I was astonished to be one of only a handful of females in a sea of men – our career goals were the same, but I had a steep climb compared to my male counterparts. I entered…
For Women in Cybersecurity, Possibilities are Endless
This blog is the third in a series of posts sharing perspectives from Cisco women in security. Previous blogs featured Michele Guel, Engineer and Chief Security Architect and Michelle Dennedy, Chief Privacy Officer. When the public thinks of cybersecurity we often envision people sitting in dark roo…
Securing Your Data in the Transformation to Digital
I recently had the opportunity to participate in a joint webinar between Cisco and Global Knowledge Canada to discuss Cisco’s latest cybersecurity industry research, the security challenges organizations face today, and how organizations can mitigate risks. After a detailed conversation with Brad Ha…
When Women Happen to Things, Things Happen
Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “It had long come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” Now is the time for women to make things happen. We have created a digital world knitted together by millions of connecte…