Over the past 20 years, Lysa Myers has become a highly recognized information security expert, educating people at all levels of experience in how to improve security. She was featured in the book, “Women Know Cyber: 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime,” written by Steve Morgan and Di Freeze of Cybersecurity Ventures.

Most recently, Lysa was a researcher with security vendor ESET. She enjoys educating people about security issues in a light-hearted, honest and approachable way through talking with the media and writing articles. 

Lysa is also dedicated to improving diversity within the technology industry as a way to help make secure devices and services that are useful for a larger segment of the population. 

Look Left’s Davida Dinerman spoke with Lysa about the cyber security industry, her career and the mini farm and food forest Lysa operates with her spouse. Here are some of the highlights:

01:43 - Lysa’s early introduction to technology

06:14 - Managing career changes

10:03 - Thoughts on the amount of data sharing in the cyber security industry

14:02 - Increasing diversity in cyber security

19:51 - Advice on public speaking

24:38 - Switching to remote work resulted in a huge productivity leap

27:45 - Boosting marketing by identifying an organization’s secret sauce