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Alyssa Miller of S&P Global Ratings discusses the easiest pentest she ever ran on an app and the importance of diversity of hiring, not just \\u201cdiversity of thought.\\u201d She also gives some of the best advice we\\u2019ve heard yet on picking your cybersecurity path.

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0:00 - Intro
2:44 - Miller\\u2019s origin story
5:53 - Experiences working while at school
8:20 - Pursuing a degree
10:57 - How has cybersecurity changed?
12:58 - Coming into cybersecurity from a different perspective
13:55 - Moving to pentesting versus programming
18:52 - Penetration testing through the years
20:46 - A big change in your industry
25:27 - Specifics of a business information security officer\\xa0
29:09 - Skills for a business information security officer role
32:34 - \\u201cCyber Defenders\\u2019 Career Guide\\u201d book
35:08 - What surprised you about writing the book?
41:46 - Equity and inclusion in cybersecurity
47:11 - Who is doing equity correctly?\\xa0
49:12 - Long term equity strategies?\\xa0
52:45 - Final cybersecurity career advice\\xa0
55:40 - Outro\\xa0

Alyssa Miller is a hacker, security researcher, advocate and international public speaker with over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity. From a young age, she has enjoyed exploring and deconstructing technology to learn more about how it works. At 12 years old, she bought her first computer. From that $1,000 purchase, she launched a hobby that would later become her career. Just seven years later, she was hired to her first full-time salary job as a programmer. Alyssa is also passionate that doing better in security begins with sharing knowledge and learning from each other. She regularly presents her perspectives through public speaking engagements. She speaks at various industry conferences, vendor and customer hosted events and non-security related events. Alyssa\\u2019s mission is to improve all aspects of the security community. Therefore, her topics range from technical to strategic to higher level community and policy issues.

Alyssa is a member of Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS) Racial Equity Committee. Additionally, she participates in other organizations designed to build a more welcoming and cooperative culture in security. As a member of ISACA, Alyssa currently holds a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification. She is also the author of "The Cyber Defenders\\u2019 Career Guide," published by Manning in May 2021. We\\u2019re going to be discussing all of Alyssa\\u2019s fascinating story, her career journey, the work of demystifying cybersecurity and her work helping to create a more inclusive and welcoming space in the cybersecurity industry.\\xa0

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