Hacking a Career with Lisa Jiggetts

Episode 6 of the Hacker Valley Red podcast, hosted by Hacker Valley Media, titled "Hacking a Career with Lisa Jiggetts" was published on October 17, 2021 and runs 34 minutes.

October 17, 2021 ·34m · Hacker Valley Red

Summary

On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Lisa Jiggetts, founder of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu. Their conversation covers Lisa’s background, her current work and her involvement as a penetration tester. Lisa says she’s always been a techie who loved gadgets, breaking things and trying to understand how they fit together. She knew she wanted to work with computers, but wasn’t sure what that meant, exactly. Out of high school she joined the military working in IT, but knew she wanted to be a hacker. Eventually, she made her way to pentesting apps and systems in the cloud. Lisa loves the game aspect of pentesting and the red team. She says she enjoys the challenge of trying to get into the box and “level up,” trying more and more ways in before reaching out for help.   2:12 - The episode and guest are introduced. 3:50 - Lisa gives an overview of her background. 10:00 - Lisa explains her breaker mentality. 15:57 - What made Lisa commit to pentesting and the red team? 20:34 - Lisa discusses the founding of the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu. 29:44 - Lisa’s advice for listeners interested in the red team and cyber security.   Links: Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter Learn more about WSC Follow Lisa Jiggetts on Twitter Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ

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