Cybersecurity Is Akin to Cancer Research

Diana focuses on the importance of data-centric security in the cloud and reminds security practitioners that cybersecurity is a career-long fight.

00:27 Diana’s career trajectory and her trifold perspective as practitioner, vendor, and analyst

2:44 Data-centric security in the cloud

3:22 The triumvirate of security: confidentiality, integrity, availability

6:22 To manage the data management lifecycle, legal and tech should be working as a team. And yes, you really do have to read the T&Cs.

10:03 Set clear parameters so that your employees don’t accidentally misstep.

13:54 Just because we can store the data doesn’t mean we necessarily should.

15:18 GDPR, love it or loathe it, has focused everyone’s attention on the issue of privacy.

19:47 Don’t consider a cyber career unless you are in love with it.

20:51 Being a cybersecurity practitioner is like being a cancer researcher or doctor.

22:00 Know that this is a fight that you’re going to fight your whole career.

22:28 Diana’s advice for women beginning their cybersecurity career – learn your craft and believe in yourself.

Diana Kelley Interview Transcript