Working in manufacturing security: Top challenges and career advice | Guest Theresa Lanowitz

AT&T Cybersecurity’s head of evangelism, Theresa Lanowitz, is today's guest. Lanowitz has amazing and wide-ranging career achievements, from her time with analyst firms Gartner and Voke, work on Java’s JBuilder environment and strategic marketing for the Jini Project, which was proto-IoT going back to the late ‘90s! With all of these incredible stories, we talked far and wide about manufacturing security concerns, she breaks down the key pain points around edge computing and talks extensively about her love of both the English language and programming languages of all sorts. They all have grammar, they all have style, and if you’re a linguist or a lover of learning new languages, perhaps computer languages are an opportunity you hadn’t pursued? All that and a ton more – seriously, I could have talked to Lanowitz for hours – on today’s episode of Cyber Work.0:00 - Manufacturing security  2:02 - Theresa Lanowitz’s early interest in computers 3:52 - Learning programming languages in the early days 6:12 - English language’s connection to programming language 8:24 - Evolution of programming language 11:55 - How language impacts programming 13:52 - Lanowitz’s cybersecurity career 17:20 - An average day as head of cybersecurity evangelism 22:53 - Edge computing use in manufacturing 26:35 - Biggest security issues in manufacturing 30:02 - The bad actors in manufacturing security 33:41 - Manufacturing cybersecurity technology 39:02 - Skills needed to work in manufacturing cybersecurity 41:00 - Biggest skills gaps in manufacturing security 41:44 - Best cybersecurity career advice 42:15 - Where are manufacturing security issues heading? 45:06 - Security issues with third-party vendors 47:53 - Learn more about AT&T cybersecurity  48:48 - Learn more about Theresa Lanowitz 49:04 - Outro– Get your FREE cybersecurity training resources: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/free– View Cyber Work Podcast transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcastAbout InfosecInfosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.