Real Convos with Real Leaders

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Moderator:

• Angel Pineiro – Vice President, Strategic Academic Relationships, CompTIA

Speakers:

• Dr. Davina Pruitt-Mentle – Lead for Academic Engagement, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NIST)
• Sarah Kaleel – Cybersecurity Program Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
• Judy Hunt – NSA

Key Questions:

1. Why did you choose your career?
2. What sort of education/career training is required to work in your career?
3. What is your work environment like?
4. What is the expected annual salary for entry-level and seasoned professionals in your field?
5. What sort of skills are required for someone in your field?
6. Could you talk about a time when you failed at a task, but then learned from your failures?

What They Do:

• Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
• Monitor current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems.
• Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being transmitted and to keep out tainted digital transfers.\
• Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
• Modify computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors, or change individual access status.

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