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Step inside the diverse and fascinating worlds of cybersecurity professionals around the globe and hear their personal stories in their own words.

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    • Technology
    • 4.7 • 14 Ratings

Step inside the diverse and fascinating worlds of cybersecurity professionals around the globe and hear their personal stories in their own words.

    Encore: Dawn Cappelli: Becoming the cyber fairy godmother. [OT]

    Encore: Dawn Cappelli: Becoming the cyber fairy godmother. [OT]

    Dawn Cappelli, OT CERT Director at Dragos, sits down to share what she has learned after her 25+ year career in the industry. She recalls wanting to have been a rockstar when she grew up, now she refers to herself as the fairy godmother of security. She shares some of the amazing things she got to work on throughout her career, including working with the Secret Service when the Olympics came to Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002. She shares how she was able to rise through the ranks to get to where she is now. Dawn talks about how she wasn't ready to retire quite yet because she loved the industry so much, saying "I retired, but I knew I still loved security. I have this passion for protection and so Dragos came along and they offered me this role of Director of OT CERT. I feel like I'm the security fairy godmother." She shares words of wisdom for all trying to get into the industry, saying that you need to always take the risk like she did when she first started her career. We thank Dawn for sharing her story with us.
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    • 10 min
    Encore: Swati Shekhar: Challenges increase your risk appetite. [Engineering]

    Encore: Swati Shekhar: Challenges increase your risk appetite. [Engineering]

    Ground Labs' Head of Engineering, Swati Shekhar, shares her circuitous route from and back to engineering. Always being interested in leveraging the tools available to solve problems, Swati talks about how she found her place in engineering. She mentions how she had her first real experience with a computer when she was 17 in her first year at college. Aside from being one of 30 young women in a sea of 500 young men there, Swati described it as a "good culture shock because anything that takes you out of your comfort zone actually makes you learn and grow." She notes that challenges experienced in life increase your risk appetite so significantly. Swati advises those looking to make a job change to be certain of what is attracting them and to be yourself. We thank Swati for sharing her story with us.
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    • 11 min
    Encore: Pattie Dillon: Take the leap. [Anti-fraud]

    Encore: Pattie Dillon: Take the leap. [Anti-fraud]

    Product Manager in Anti-Fraud Solutions at SpyCloud, Pattie Dillon shares her journey from raising her family to specializing in the anti-fraud space. Upon reentering the workforce, Pattie worked on identity verification and developed a system with privacy concerns in mind. She moved to work in gift cards and was exposed to money laundering. Traveling along the fraud spectrum, Pattie learned about underground data and feels that this data can be leveraged to actually prevent and fight online fraud. Pattie believes if you don't try, you'll never know. We know we appreciate Pattie sharing her story with us.
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    • 9 min
    Encore: Chris Cochran: Rely on your strengths in the areas of the unknown. [Engineering]

    Encore: Chris Cochran: Rely on your strengths in the areas of the unknown. [Engineering]

    Director of Security Engineering at Marqeta and Host of Hacker Valley Studio podcast Chris Cochran describes his transitions throughout the cybersecurity industry, from an intelligence job with the Marine Corps, to starting the intelligence apparatus for the House of Representatives, then on to leading Netflix's threat intelligence capability. Chris points out that when pivoting to different roles and responsibilities, you must rely on your own strengths to move forward and bring value to your work Our thanks to Chris for sharing his story with us.
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    • 7 min
    Encore: Dominique Shelton Leipzig: No matter the statistics, even if against the odds, focus on what you want. [Legal]

    Encore: Dominique Shelton Leipzig: No matter the statistics, even if against the odds, focus on what you want. [Legal]

    Privacy and data security lawyer, Dominique Shelton Leipzig shares that she has always wanted to be a lawyer, ever since she was a little girl. She talks about what her role is with clients in protecting and managing their data, sometimes adhering to up to 134 different data protection laws for global companies. Learn that not a lot has changed for an African-American woman partner at an Amlaw 100 firm as far as diversity during Dominique's career, and how Dominique suggests young lawyers should address those odds. Our thanks to Dominque for sharing her story with us. 
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    • 6 min
    Encore: Graham Cluley: Have to be able to communicate to everybody. [Media]

    Encore: Graham Cluley: Have to be able to communicate to everybody. [Media]

    Computer security writer, podcaster and public speaker Graham Cluley describes learning to program on his own from magazines, creating text adventure games for donations, and his journey from programming to presenting and writing with a bit of tap dancing on the side. Along the way, Graham collaborated with others and learned to communicate so that all could understand, not just techies. Our thanks to Graham for sharing his story with us. 
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    • 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

Jedi Wannabi ,

Interesting even to an outsider

I'm not even in the cyber security world, but these are interesting peeks into that world. I'm delighted when a new one pops up on my subscription feed. Great stuff, Cyberwire crew!

[REDACTED] USER ,

Podcast doesn’t play while on VPN.

Podcast doesn’t play while on VPN.

Meatball_army ,

Inspiring!

I absolutely love binging these short, skillfully crafted vignettes. Makes me feel inspired to have confidence that my career will follow its own winding path towards success. Go CW! Thanks for all the great content.

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