The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. This is so because of all the doors that certification opens to a CISSP professional. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted.
In this installment, we talk to Laurie Mack. Laurie lives in Canada and is Director for Security and Certifications at Thales. In this interview, Laurie shares with us how she started her career in the Canadian Armed Forces as a radio communicator and how her proudest professional moment was when her and her team were given a public service award for their work.
What job do you do today?
As Director, Security and Certifications for the Thales Digital Identity and Security (DIS) business, my team and I are responsible for leading security certifications for our products against industry and government standards, coordinating the management and response to security vulnerabilities in those products, and site security of our offices in Ottawa. We also support collateral company activities including such areas as product security design and development.
What problems does your company solve?
We develop solutions for the security integrity of many technologies, from secure software, to biometrics and encryption, DIS technologies and services, enabling businesses and governments to authenticate identities and protect data, so they stay safe. We also enable services in personal devices, connected objects, the cloud, and everything in-between.
What was life like when you started out i ..
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