Transferable skills assessment checklist
Practical resources for career changers entering cybersecurity from non-traditional backgrounds. These checklists, guides and advice columns are tailored with a special nod to veterans, dentists, nurses and other professionals leveraging transferable skills. Transferable skills assessment checklist Use this two-minute self-assessment to identify your cyber-ready strengths. Score yourself 1-5 (1=never, [...]
Whats Her Journey Cleo Faul
Cleo Faul - Consultant (KPMG) Cleo Faul’s career in cybersecurity wasn’t mapped out in high school or carefully plotted from childhood. It unfolded gradually, shaped by curiosity, courage, and a willingness to begin again. “My journey into technology wasn’t something I had planned from the start; it evolved,” she [...]
Whats Her Journey Erin Blanchard
Erin Blanchard - Technology Risk Consulting Vacationer For Erin Blanchard, cybersecurity was never just about technology. It was about understanding systems, uncovering hidden risks, and discovering how technical knowledge could be applied to protect something far greater than code. What began as a high school subject would ultimately evolve [...]
Whats Her Journey Laura Jones
Laura Jones - CISO at Transdev Australasia Laura Jone’s pathway to becoming CISO at Transdev Australasia did not begin in a server room or a computer science lab. It began in drug intelligence. “I initially began my career in drug intelligence, back in the mid 2010s when cryptocurrencies were [...]
Koketso Rihlampfu
Koketso Rihlampfu - Senior Manager: Lead Information Security Officer Curiosity has a way of opening doors long before we realise we are standing at the threshold of a career. For Koketso Rihlampfu, now a Senior Manager: Lead Information Security Officer, that curiosity began with a simple but powerful question: [...]
Hajar Nachate
Hajar Nachate - Chief Information Security Officer (CISO IT/OT) Architects of Our Future: When Women Design Tomorrow Hajar NACHATE, Chief Information Security Officer, has built her career in cybersecurity with one guiding principle: it’s not about age, but about skills and continuous growth. By embracing career changes and reskilling, [...]
Nadia Veeran-Patel
Nadia Veeran-Patel - LRMG as the CISO Behind the firewall: A CISO’s story of growth, grit and leadership I remember my introduction to the tech world in South Africa. Apartheid had ended a year prior and I was my parents’ hope for equality, which is why they thrust me [...]
Meegan Bryant
Meegan Bryant - Defence Security Consultant For Meegan Bryant, cybersecurity was never a sudden pivot. It was the natural evolution of a career built on understanding security in its fullest sense not as isolated controls, but as a connected system of people, policy, and protection. Beginning in physical and [...]
Jackie Orchard
Jackie Orchard - Head of Information and Data Security Advisory, Team Global Express Long before Jackie Orchard ever wrote a security policy or advised executives on AI governance, she was drawn to the art of investigation itself. As a student, she imagined a future in forensic pathology, captivated by [...]