Noureen Njoroge - The importance of mentors in your cybersecurity careers from Zero Hour Podcast

Noureen Njoroge - The importance of mentors in your cybersecurity careers

36 minutes Posted May 28, 2020 at 3:27 pm.

Arriving in the USA

Working at Cisco

Entering cybersecurity from other markets

Staying in touch during Covid-19

Being a mentor

Building to 4,000 members

Growing the community further

Diversity in cybersecurity

Career Pathways in cybersecurity

Plenty of resources for a career in cybersecurity

Certifications in cybersecurity

Managing your time to keep improving

The importance of awards

Threats in cybersecurity

Changes in the industry

Ten Quick Fire Questions

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Noureen Njoroge. Noureen is a Security Consultant at Cisco Systems, her area of expertise is threat intelligence. She is the President of Women in Security for North Carolina and the Founder of the Mentor/Mentees Cybersecurity Group with over 4,000 members.

Key Minutes

Key Takeaways

1. Choose what you are passionate about

2. Pick your mentor wisely

3. There is not one path into cybersecurity

You can find Noureen at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noureennjoroge/

WiCyS: http://wicys.org

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