Today’s guest is Danielle Jablanski. Danielle is an OT Cybersecurity Strategist for Nozomi Networks.

Danielle was born and raised in Upstate New York and moved to Southern Missouri when she was in high school. Since then, she has moved around a lot and lived and worked in many different places. For the first few years of her career, she got deeply involved in philanthropy and academia. She is a self-proclaimed nerd, researcher, volunteer, vagabond, idea lady, community builder, outdoor enthusiast, and big-time dog mom! 

In this episode of the (CS)²AI Podcast, Danielle discusses her personal and professional journeys and experience and offers excellent advice for women considering a career in the cybersecurity or OT space.

You will not want to miss this show, particularly if you are a woman thinking of starting a career or shifting into technology, cybersecurity, or control systems! Stay tuned for more!

Show highlights:

• Studying genocide in Rwanda sparked Danielle’s interest in international relations. She explains how that led her to the cybersecurity space.
• Danielle talks about how she was poached out of grad school for her first job.
• How national security and cybersecurity intersected with her career path.
• Danielle explains why she got poached for a second time, to go to Stanford University. 
• Why she chose to pivot to energy before becoming a general OT cybersecurity strategist
• Danielle goes into where the cybersecurity industry is today.
• Where will the industry be twenty years from now?
• What prompted her to get into cybersecurity?
• What she focuses on, as a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council.
• Danielle talks about mentorship and discusses her experience as a female expert in the industry.  
• Some gold nuggets of advice for women in the early stage of their careers.
• The benefits of focusing on your strengths.

Links and resources:

(CS)²AI

Nozomi Networks

Books mentioned:

The Cuckoo’s Egg by Cliff Stoll