Ep.4: From Cybercrime Victim to Chief Information Security Officer feat. Andria Delia

In this episode, Melanie sits down with Andrea D'Elia, cybersecurity leader, international speaker, and Chief Information Security Officer, to talk about her unconventional path into cyber threat intelligence. After becoming a victim of cybercrime herself, Andrea taught herself cybersecurity from the ground up, diving into hacker playbooks, digital forensics, ransomware mitigation, and emerging threats like virtual SIM swapping. What started as a personal search for answers turned into a full career pivot focused on protecting organizations and the public from sophisticated digital attacks. We get into what a cyber threat intelligence expert actually does, how thinking like an attacker helps stop cybercrime, the realities of ransomware and digital risk, breaking stereotypes as a woman in a male-dominated field, and how to build credibility in tech. It’s a conversation about resilience & reinvention.