{"id":23322,"date":"2023-11-07T09:20:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/07\/news-17052\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T09:20:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:20:54","slug":"news-17052","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/07\/news-17052\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Trailblazers: Female Perspectives on Forging Careers Into Cyber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tech-Trailblzers-Sophos-Life.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Byron Price| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:41:21 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content lg:prose-lg mx-auto prose max-w-4xl\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\">\n<p>The Tech Trailblazers series of videos features the women discussing their experiences and offering advice to those considering a career in cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the short videos below to hear them talk first-hand about their own journeys into tech, the challenges and rewards of working in this industry, and the advice they would give to other women considering a career in tech.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px;border: none;color: #999;background-color: #999\" \/>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px;border: none;color: #999;background-color: #999\" \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/872568692\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen style=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\u201cI like that my job is never the same. I am learning multiple different subjects throughout the day; it&#8217;s ever evolving. Hold on to those relationships, cultivate them and stay in touch. Whenever you maintain relationships, there&#8217;s always opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colleen Hazelwood, Director, IT Business Operations<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px;border: none;color: #999;background-color: #999\" \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\u201cDon&#8217;t be afraid to explore, tech is for everyone and your unique perspective matters. Be curious, ask questions and don&#8217;t stop learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ebony Foreman, Senior Technical Project Manager Cybersecurity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/872568756\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen style=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px;border: none;color: #999;background-color: #999\" \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/872568773\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen style=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\u201cA lot of my career has come from being a learner. I continued to ask to take on more projects and that really drove my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelsie Dube, Senior Manager, Marketing<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px;border: none;color: #999;background-color: #999\" \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\u201cI am a computer engineer. I became a detective in a technological crime unit. I decided to pursue a career in cybersecurity. I took certifications in ethical hacking and digital forensics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Linda Smith, Incident Response Lead MTR Services<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/872568790\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen style=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px;border: none;color: #999;background-color: #999\" \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/872568847\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen style=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle\">\u201cAs I started progressing my career as a software developer, I realized I thrive on connecting people, supporting others, and finding opportunities to improve the overall workflow of software development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">Sejal Singh, Team Lead, Software Development<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px;border: none;color: #999;background-color: #999\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Our Sophos Women in Technology Network is just one of a number of diversity and inclusion networks that are central to the inclusive culture at Sophos. <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/careers\/diversity-and-inclusion\">Find out more about our networks on the Sophos careers website<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1em\"> and take a look at our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/jobs.lever.co\/sophos\">current job opportunities<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2023\/11\/07\/tech-trailblazers-female-perspectives-on-forging-careers-into-cyber\/\" target=\"bwo\" >http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/sophos\/dgdY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tech-Trailblzers-Sophos-Life.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Byron Price| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:41:21 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Six members of Sophos\u2019 Women in Technology Network have been sharing their thoughts on pursuing a job in tech to young girls and women considering their future careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10378,10377],"tags":[21852],"class_list":["post-23322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-sophos","tag-sophoslife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}