Finding Your Path: Mid-Career Moves into Cybersecurity

8th Layer Insights

This is a follow-up to Season 2, episode 4 –Bridging the Cyber Skills Gap. Many listeners contacted me saying that they loved the episode, but wished that I’d put more focus on people trying to find a career in cybersecurity later in life. So, consider this episode a Bridging the Cyber Skills Gap Part 2.

We’ll hear the stories of several people who’ve come to cybersecurity a bit later in life. This episode features interviews with Alethe Denis, Tracy Z. Maleeff (a.k.a. InfoSec Sherpa), Phillip Wylie, Lisa Plaggemier, Naomi Buckwalter, and Alyssa Miller.

Guests:

1. Alethe Denis (LinkedIn) (Twitter) (LinkTree)
2. Tracy Z. Maleeff (a.k.a. InfoSec Sherpa) (LinkedIn) (Twitter)
3. Phillip Wylie (LinkedIn) (Twitter) (Medium)
4. Lisa Plaggemier (LinkedIn) (Twitter)
5. Naomi Buckwalter (LinkedIn)
6. Alyssa Miller (LinkedIn) (Twitter) (Website)

Books & Resources:

• The Cybersecurity Career Guide, by Alyssa Miller
• The Pentester BluePrint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker, by Phillip Wylie
• The Hacker Factory Podcast | With Phillip Wylie
• Building the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals, LinkedIn Learning course from Naomi Buckwalter
• 8Li: Fun and Games: Lock Picking, Capture the Flag Contests, Simulations, and More
• How to Break Into Cybersecurity, article by Katlyn Gallo
• Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter
• The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer

Production Credits:

Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.

Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.

8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/

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