The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. This is so because of all the doors that certification opens to a CISSP professional. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted.
In this installment, we talk to influential trailblazer Dr. Christine Izuakor. Christine shares with us her incredible story as the youngest student and first African-American woman to achieve a P.hD in Security Engineering, how she planned her journey to achieve her dream job and how her passion for cybersecurity had fueled her every step of the way.
What job do you do today? I am the founder and CEO of Cyber Pop-up, which is an on-demand cybersecurity service platform for small and medium sized businesses. It's completely powered by vetted and highly skilled freelancers.
What problems does your business solve? The issue is that there's this huge cybersecurity talent shortage, and there's not a lot of experts available yet. Everyone needs help. We fill that gap by bringing expertise to the small and medium sized businesses that can't afford to hire a full cybersecurity team or even a single cybersecurity expert. We're bridging that gap and allowing organizations to get access to our experts, on-demand, whether it's for a few hours, or for a single project so that they're not left exposed without any cybersecurity resources at all. It can be anything from a Virtual CISO, to creating a ..
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