Ms. Lucine Wang, my guest on this latest episode of Cyber Empowerment podcast, was inspired by Dan Brown’s bestseller “The Da Vinci Code” to pursue a degree in Cybersecurity! Listen to Lucine’s inspiring journey from a college student in China, to an intern and full-time employee at Microsoft, and now an Engineering Manager at Uber based in Seattle. Learn about Incident Response, and ways Artificial Intelligence, or AI, helps sharpen an organization’s ability to identify and respond to Cybersecurity threats. Finally, hear about why Diversity and Inclusion are critical to innovation and making more informed decisions.

In this latest episode, I have the honor of speaking with Mr. Shawn Rabourn from Activision Blizzard King, the company known for many popular game titles like Overwatch, Call of Duty, Skylanders and Candy Crush! Learn about Shawn’s career journey from a Support Engineer to a Principal Consultant at Microsoft to an Expert Security Engineer at ABK, the differences in threat landscapes among the many online games, and the diverse roles that you can work in the Cybersecurity industry.

In this episode, I continued my conversation with two distinguished guests from Microsoft - Mr. Scott Guthrie and Ms. Joy Chik - about Cybersecurity, how Microsoft technologies help protect users and businesses from online threats, their fascinating journey from being a Microsoft intern to senior leader at the company, and their guidance to students on internship and pursuing a career in Cybersecurity. In Part 2, we touched on topics including Diversity and Inclusion, the value of mentorship, and tips from Scott and Joy to aspiring high school students who wish to pursue a career in cybersecurity.

In this latest episode, I have the honor of speaking with two distinguished guests from Microsoft - Mr. Scott Guthrie and Ms. Joy Chik - about Cybersecurity, how Microsoft technologies help protect users and businesses from online threats, their fascinating journey from being a Microsoft intern to senior leader at the company, and their guidance to students on internship and pursuing a career in Cybersecurity.

“Cybersecurity is about thinking out of the box,” said Mr. Aaron Clark, a 20-year security veteran who has worked at IBM, Microsoft, and is now a people manager at Oracle. In this episode, Mr. Clark explains why security professionals need to put themselves in the shoes of the threat actors to think of not just the “use” cases, but also the “misuse” cases, to analyze a computer system’s vulnerabilities. Mr. Clark shares with us his career journey from a security consultant to a security leader, enlightens us about the various soft skills needed to be a successful security professional like influencing your project sponsors and senior executives, and finally, examines the impact of AI and Quantum Computing on the future of Cybersecurity.

“If you keep the bar low, you will not grow,” said Mr. Muneer Baig, my guest on this second episode of the Cyber Empowerment for Students and Young Adults podcast series.

In this episode, I sat down with Mr. Muneer Baig, a 30-year veteran in the information security industry, the founder of SYSUSA Inc, and an ex-Microsoft IT Security Engineer, to talk about his amazing journey from a Helpdesk Technician to a Security Engineer at Microsoft to a Founder of his own companies.