Alliances Director
Getting a foot on the cybersecurity ladder
Twenty years ago, if you said you wanted to work in security, you would be issued with a walkie-talkie, a hat, and your own shopping mall to patrol. If you had said you wanted to work in cybersecurity, you probably would have received a nice smile and a change of subject. Times have very much changed since then; those tasked with working security “front of house”
in those shopping malls are invisibly supported by those working in cybersecurity “back of house”
. This ensures that the shops and services are as protected from the casual shoplifter as they are to the professional cybercriminal. The infamous case of the retailer Target being hacked in 2013 resulted in a reported loss of $148 million, and nothing compared to the damage it did to their reputation.
Imagine if it were...