“In my experience, it is almost always possible to find common ground where all sides can have their needs met in situations where the stakeholders have divergent or even competing goals.”
Joanna Burkey is the global head of Cyber Defense at Siemens. In this role, Joanna and her team have responsibility for cybersecurity defense across the IT/OT infrastructure as well as products, solutions, and services. The Cyber Defense organization includes Product CERT, Corporate CERT, and three global Cyber Defense Centers in the United States, Portugal, and China.
Joanna has a computer science/engineering background from The University of Texas at Austin and Angelo State University and has focused on cybersecurity throughout her career. She was previously the Americas CISO at Siemens, and her previous roles have included software engineering, product strategy, and security evangelism.
Do you believe there is a massive shortage of career cybersecurity professionals?
The way our industry defines “cybersecurity professional” is, in my mind, still quite limited. There is a prevalent mindset from those both within and outside of our field that the cybersecurity expert is the super-techie who was already successfully exploiting systems before their 10th birthday. But just like any domain, we need all types of career professionals! ...
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