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Meet Octavia Howell: Cybersecurity, The Ingenuity of kids, Recognizing Your Gifts and Talents, and Blessings!!

Published: June 23, 2020, 4 a.m.

Episode Main Points:

1) Being true to yourself starts early

2) Having a mentor to guide you is healthy

3) There is so much that we don't understand about cybersecurity, more education is needed

4) Being a black unicorn is important to acknowledge and embrace and bring other black unicorns together is need for our collective good. 

5) a herd of unicorns is called a blessing.



Octavia Howell Bio:

Octavia is an experienced technical leader who specializes in Networks, Cyber Security, and building operationally excellent, motivated cross-functional, multi-cultural teams. She is focused on career growth and helping everyone she encounters reach their career goals. Octavia is not your typical leader. She is highly technical and prides herself on understanding, solving problems, and discovering secure solutions for her business partners.  She currently serves as an Information Security Officer for Equifax’s largest business unit. She is also the Founder and CEO of Augustus Redefined, an organization focused on the advancement of Black Women in Cyber.  Octavia believes that a security leader should mentor, motivate trust, and lead their teams to act with integrity and openness. She often says, “A team is only as strong as their leaders and each leader casts a shadow that they will be held accountable for.”

Octavia received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Spelman College and holds CISSP, GISP, GCWN and GSLC GIAC certifications.  She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), Women in Technology (WiT), Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys), the International Consortium for Minorities and Cyber Professionals (ICMCP), the International Information Systems Security Consortium (ISC2), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and serves as a mentor to several participants within Year-Up Greater Atlanta.

In her spare time, Octavia enjoys traveling, spending time with her family, and mentoring.
She truly believes that we are placed on this earth to help each other achieve greatness (whatever that may be).


Website: www.augustusredefined.com



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