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Getting Into Infosec
by Ayman Elsawah
Interviews with people who have transitioned and got jobs in #infosec and #cybersecurity so you can learn and be inspired from their experience. There is no linear path into the field of Information Security, so the hope is that you will resonate with at least one of the guests. Some of my guests were teachers, paralegals, librarians, military vets, developers, and IT help desk techs (to name a few) before transitioning. Also featuring "spoof" ads poking fun at the industry.
Episodes
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DEFCON 2023
Hey folks, I'll be at DEF CON in Vegas this year! Would love to see you all there! Jack's Parties: https://twitter.com/JackRhysider/status/1686785376327987200 Checkout Miscreants at the Vendor Area: https://www.miscreants.com/ yFDrTl54ZSu3KAmLWbmi Mentioned in this episode: Stay In Touch
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Rana Khalil - From Cryptography to Pentester!
Journey into Cybersecurity and OSCP Certification with Rana Khalil This episode features Rana Khalil, a Senior Cybersecurity Assessment Analyst with a rich background in pen-testing, especially in the financial sector. Rana shares her non-traditional entry into technology, starting with a dislike...
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Norman Weekes— From Contractor To Security Ops Analyst
Norman Weekes is on the Security Operations Team at Salesforce. He is in charge of scanning their infrastructure and ensuring that everything is set up and operating properly. Norman already spent almost a year in the information security world. This is also his first official full-time security...
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Niru Ragupathy - From Almost Biotech to QA to Google Security Lead
Niru Ragupathy is a Security Engineer at Google and works as the Offensive Security Lead and manages part of the Offensive Security Team. She is currently the Tech Lead Manager. Niru sees managing as a challenging, interesting ride yet undervalued skill. She also considers it rewarding although…
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John Gates - From Car Mechanic to Lead IT Security Analyst
John Gates is a Lead IT Security Operations Analyst for a global food brand. John has always liked to know how do things work - and that has proven to be a beneficial trait - from his first job as a car mechanic to IT consultancy and education to his current role. He’s also an advisor and former...
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Samantha Cowan - From National Parks Service To Head Of Compliance
Samantha Cowan is the Head of Compliance at HackerOne. She's the former Director of Compliance at OneLogin and former Security Engineer at CoverHound, Cyber Policy, and Zenefits. Sam initially perceived Infosec as an "unhappy job", but later found herself taking her MBA and paving her way into…
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Betsy Bevilacqua - From Almost Lawyer to CISO and Security Leader
Betsy Bevilacqua is the current VP of Information Security at Chainalysis. Initially, she had her mind set on law school until she did a self-audit and realized that she enjoyed computers and tech much more. Her journey into infosec led her to move from Kenya to the US to obtain a degree in...
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Dr. Eric Cole - Accidental CIA Hacker To Fortune 500 Security Advisory To Entrepreneur
Dr. Eric Cole is an accomplished cybersecurity hacker and executive advisor. His career has been a mix of sixth-sense chance encounters and wisdom/foresight of the future. His uncanny ability to see the opportunity in cybersecurity combined with the wisdom to listen to those smarter than him is…
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Lisa Jiggetts - From Navy Cook To Pentester To Non-Profit Founder!
Lisa Jiggetts knew from an early age that she was going to be in tech and cyber. A navy veteran who started off as a cook, she always found herself gravitating towards technology. She is also the Founder & Board of Director of the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu, a non-profit that is dedicated to...
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Eric Strom - From Lawyer to FBI Cyber Division Unit Chief
Eric Strom is the Unit Chief of the Mission Critical Engagement Unit, Cyber Division. In this role, Mr. Strom oversees the FBI Cyber Division’s private sector outreach efforts to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors, forging partnerships with companies in those sectors to develop and share…
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ICS Gabe - Electrical Engineer to Accidental Cybersecurity ICS Expert
Gabriel Agboruche (@ICS_Gabe) is a senior ICS and OT cybersecurity consultant, helping organizations solve their most challenging industrial control security problems. And that was a mouthful, but that's what he does. His journey's unique one, and almost didn't happen. Notes Gabe was a math whiz…
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BONUS - Lisa Jiggetts - Salary Negotiations
Lisa Jiggetts is the founder of the Women's Society Of Cyberjutsu. After recording, we continued talking and the topic of salary negotiations came up. It was so good I started recording again. This topic is super important. I have seen both experienced and inexperienced people make these…
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Switching Into Infosec Success Story And Lessons Learned
Today's episode features a story that was sent to me by a listener. He reached out to me on LinkedIn, telling me of his success story posted on Reddit. This is the audio version. I think you're going to be really interested in what he had to say. He talks about his struggles and what he went...
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Black Lives Matter
Transcript Hey everyone… So, as if this time was not hard enough as it was with Covid, the American Black community has been affected yet again. It's difficult to post motivating content while so many are feeling a sense of outrage and so much going on. So I'm going to pause, slow down, or at…
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BONUS - Announcing Getting Into Infosec BITES
Hello! Wanted to let you know I'm creating daily (almost) videos on YouTube called Getting Into Infosec BITES: https://www.youtube.com/c/gettingintoinfosec Please like, subscribe, and spread the word. The best thing you can do to support this media is to spread the word and let others know.…
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Kavya Pearlman - From Hairstylist to CISO to XR Superhero
Kavya Pearlman is an award-winning cybersecurity professional with a deep interest in immersive and emerging technologies. Kavya is the founder of the non-profit XR Safety Initiative (XRSI). XRSI is the first global effort to promote privacy, security, ethics, and develop standards and guidelines...
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BONUS - Pandemic and The Coming Recession / Depression
We are in the middle of a worldwide pandemic (COVID-19), a recession is here, a depression might be coming, and everyone is remote! Everything has changed. What can you do? How can you find a job in these crazy times? What are the challenges? How can you make yourself valuable? What's going…
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Syntax - Arrested Teenager to Motorcycle Racer To Pentester
Syntax, an internal pentester for a large organization, had an interesting ride into infosec, filled with pitstops, detours, and countersteering along the way. At an early age, he was influenced by his father, got started hacking, and was wrongfully arrested for reporting a vulnerability in his...
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Bonus - Cyber Security Job Search Frustrations (Ivan)
These are quick hallway conversations with recent graduates discussing the difficulties they've faced in their job search. I did not know any of these people before interviewing, and it's the first time I'm asking them these questions. This was recorded at RSA Conference 2020. Getting Into…
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Bonus - Cyber Security Job Search Frustrations (Zoe)
These are quick hallway conversations with recent graduates discussing the difficulties they've faced in their job search. I did not know any of these people before interviewing, and it's the first time I'm asking them these questions. This was recorded at RSA Conference 2020. Getting Into…
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Bonus - Cyber Security Job Search Frustrations (Jayesh)
These are quick hallway conversations with recent graduates discussing the difficulties they've faced in their job search. I did not know any of these people before interviewing, and it's the first time I'm asking them these questions. This was recorded at RSA Conference 2020. Getting Into…
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Bonus - David Zeichick - Cybersecurity College Professor
So as I was at RSAC, I was trying to keep an eye out for those looking to get into the field. RSA is not usually the place for that, but I saw the NetWars tournament and figured that might be a good place to start. On my way there, I met David Zeichick, who had "College Day" on his badge....
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Tanya Janca - From Insecure Developer to Appsec, Diversity/Inclusion Advocate, and Mentor
BIO Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn Application Security.’ She is also the founder of We Hack Purple, an online learning academy, community, and podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure software. Tanya has been coding and...
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Nick Vissari - Engineering Dropout to Math Tutor to Security Architect/Engineer
Nick Vissari went from being an engineering dropout (he didn't like creative writing) to a tech consultant to a math tutor. His penchant for fixing things homed him back into tech, where he is now responsible for security in a large school district. He recently went back to school and received…
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Page Glave - Professor of Kinesiology to Cybersecurity Analyst!
Page Glave was a tenured Associate Professor of Kinesiology with a focus in exercise science and was successful in her field. However, she came to the realization that she can't see herself doing this for the rest of her life. She offers lots of great advice on resume tips when switching…
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Nick Jeswald - Confessions of a Cybersecurity Recruiter (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2 - Nick Jeswald has been an external and internal recruiter in security. He shares with us what he looks for in a candidate, common mistakes made by candidates, and the nuances of hackers he's learned over the years. Show Notes SEE PREVIOUS EPISODE FOR COMPLETE NOTES & RECRUITING TIPS...
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Nick Jeswald - Confessions of a Cybersecurity Recruiter (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2 - Nick Jeswald has been an external and internal recruiter in security. He shares with us what he looks for in a candidate, common mistakes made by candidates, and the nuances of hackers he's learned over the years. BIO: I've been in infosec for 8 years, and in various IT roles since...
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September 2019 Update
Summer was crazy. My day job was keeping me super busy, and I've been really mentally occupied lately dealing with kids, family, and school. I miss producing shows and will be getting back into it. Have some really good shows queued up! I've still active on Twitter when possible, so we can stay…
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Fareedah Shaheed - From Tech Curious to Information Security
Fareedah, a lifelong learner, was always interested in technology and grew up reading her father's Cisco books. His influence led her to the field of information security, where she stepped up and is always tackling new challenges. BIO Fareedah Shaheed was born in Maryland, but spent most of her...
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BONUS - Updates, Defcon, More
Hey, everyone! It's been a while, I know. Life has been busy. Lots of transitions, so schedule has taken time to get used to. Links Security Sandbox Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hacker-culture-fm/id1453203447 Sean Sun: https://twitter.com/seanqsun Hacker Culture FM:...
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Keya Horiuchi - From Teacher, Filmmaker, and Website Design to Security Engineer!
Keya was a public school teacher who stood out from the crowd. She loves problem-solving and challenging environments. Keya was also a filmmaker and web designer. She's currently a detection security engineer who gets knee-deep in malware on a daily basis. Notes: Knew she didn't want to be a...
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BONUS - Audiobook Sample!
Listen to the retail audio sample of my book: Breaking IN - A Practical Guide to Starting a Career In Information Security. Kati Fredlund narrates the book. She did an amazing job! You can read a sample or purchase the whole book here: https://t.co/DDXxfVwpD7 Full Audiobook to be released soon!…
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Hossam Mohamed - Young Hacker to "Not A Security Researcher"
A 19-year-old "not a security researcher" facing limitations because of his age and not having the right "prerequisites," Hossam has had to pave his own path. He also dreams in code and is one of the youngest OSCEs in the world! BIO Hossam Mohamed is one of the youngest OSCE in the world and...
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BONUS - Consuming VS Producing
My thoughts on consuming vs. production and how it relates to Getting Into Infosec. Sometimes, we get stuck learning, consuming security news, trends and etc, but we forget to produce something. Whether it be testing a new exploit we heard about, trying something new in our lab, or applying...
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Izzy - Random and Unplanned: From Annuities to ISO!
Ismaelle Vixsama (aka Izzy) has a knack for finding strategic flaws and speaking up about them. Doing so helped her get her first full-time job as well as have repercussions for defensive egos. Her whole career is a war story. BIO: Izzy is an ISMS manager with 7 years of experience. She has…
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David Scrobonia - Lifelong builder, Appsec Engineer, Creator of ZAP Heads Up Display
From Zero to One, David is a lifelong builder. Wherever he goes, he just builds things. From an electric car to Adhoc android apps to ZAP HUD to an awesome heads up display for ZAP Proxy, he's a game-changer, IMHO. We discuss the lack of UX in the security tooling community, how contributing to...
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BONUS - CliffsNotes To The First 20 Episodes!
Having completed 20 episodes, I decided to take a moment to go over each episode briefly. Thanks to call my guests! Ep01 - Dan Borges: https://twitter.com/1njection Ep02 - 0daySimpson: https://twitter.com/0daySimpson Ep03 - Christina Hanson Ep04 - Matt Toth: https://twitter.com/willhackforfood…
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BONUS - MCOHMI New Song, Trap Music, and Domain Song Background
MC OHM-I (Leron Gray) talks about his next project about tabs in the browser, trap music, and some background on his awesome song, "Domain." Getting Into Infosec Twitter: https://twitter.com/coffeewithayman YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6gV_gdfc188HZdN8LUx4A Book:...
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Leron Gray - From Navy E6 to Pentester, SANS Mentor and Nerdcore Rapper!
Leron Gray is a man of many talents. Although he didn't really get into infosec until much later in life, he always had a creative side. He now finds himself as a pentester working from home and a nerdcore rapper producing amazing beats! BIO Leron is a penetration tester and a ten-year Navy…
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Jared Folkins - 18 YRO Manager To Education Security To Human Hero
Jared Folkins understands people, technology, and the world around him. He can smell a toxic environment from a mile away and has used that EIQ spider-sense for good. Jared shares with us some VERY personal stories (tear-jerker warning!) in integrity and life decisions as well a bunch of…
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Masha Sedova - From Generations of CS to Behavioral Science and Entrepreneurship
Masha Sedova comes from a history of computer scientists! Her grandmother was in the first Computer Science graduating class in 1954 under Stalin in the Soviet Union! She loves challenges and is now utilizing what she thought was a waste of time in Liberal Arts to conquer challenges in…
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BONUS - InfosecJon Learns Trust But Verify The HARD way
InfosecJon expands on some CRAZY follies he experienced during his times in the Navy. He learns through trial by fire, literally: trust but verify! Notes Jon almost gets crushed inside the engine of Naval ship A boiler exploded and Jon, a jr. engineer, was left in charge of the situation and had…
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InfosecJon - From Rudderless Youth to Navy Engineer to Security Professional
InfosecJon runs a website cataloging his learning and dedicated to helping others get in the field. He shares his personal story from a directionless youth to enlisting in the Navy (and its follies) and his tribulations getting into the field. He also shares some interesting Navy stories. Look…
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InfosecSherpa - From Travel Agent to Law Librarian to Security Analyst!
Tracy Maleeff (@InfosecSherpa) was a professional law librarian and at the top of her game. Looking for change and meaning, she searched until she found the field of Information Security. This is her journey. BIO Tracy Z. Maleeff (/may-leaf/), @InfoSecSherpa, is an independent information...
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Adrian Kaylor - From Network Admin to Trainer to Sales Engineer for Life
Adrian is a Sr. Sales Engineer at Splunk who focuses on security. He has worked for various security startups in the Bay Area for the past 15 years from vulnerability management to endpoint investigation to ML-based threat hunting. Notes: Had an interest in security early on, starting with…
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Nipun Gupta - From Security Consultant to Security Innovator
Nipun graduated during the recession, but found a job as a consultant which helped him gain experience quickly. He was in fact discouraged to pursue a career in information security due to his immigrant status. Nipun is now a Cyber Security Executive focused on innovation. BIO: Nipun Gupta is a...
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BONUS - My Book is OUT: Breaking IN: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting a Career in Information Security
My book is out! Breaking IN: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting a Career in Information Security https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N15GTPC See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Mentioned in this episode: Stay In Touch
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Marcus Carey - Childhood Builder/Breaker to Navy Cryptologist to Founder and Mentor
Marcus Carey has been hacking since he was five. A true MacGuyver, he had to make do with the little resources available to him. He later enrolled in the Navy, worked for 3- letter agencies including the NSA, and now has his own security startup. Marcus shares a TON with us in this episode. BIO...
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Jack Rhysider - From Odd-jobs to Network Analyst to SOC Architect to... Darknet Diaries!
With an engineering background, Jack found himself doing odd jobs at first. Looking to get back into tech, he certed up and got a job in the NOC (Network Operation Center) and eventually became a SOC architect building a SOC from scratch. Looking to do something different, he started Dark Net...
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Yaron Levi - Entrepreneur to Security Architect to CISO and Security Champion
Yaron Levi is the CISO for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. We talk about what he looks for in people when hiring in Infosec and a time when he took a chance on someone (against the opinion of his peers), and his chance was a big success. We also discuss a breach he had to deal with…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Interviews with people who have transitioned and got jobs in #infosec and #cybersecurity so you can learn and be inspired from their experience. There is no linear path into the field of Information Security, so the hope is that you will resonate with at least one of the guests. Some of my guests were teachers, paralegals, librarians, military vets, developers, and IT help desk techs (to name a few) before transitioning. Also featuring "spoof" ads poking fun at the industry.
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Ayman Elsawah
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