Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2022’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words with minor edits made by the editor for readability and where relevant, supplemented with additional commentary by their nominator.
In 2022, the awards were sponsored by Beazley, BT, KPMG and KnowBe4.
Carole Embling, Information Security Manager – Awareness and Behaviour Change, Metro Bank
What does your job role entail?
My current role is all about developing and delivering an Information security (cyber security) awareness programme using a wide range of methods and tactics.
How did you get into the cybersecurity industry?
I was working as an internal business systems consultant at Royal Mail during the run up to Y2k. As I was one of 2 consultants who concentrated on information and information system use within the CEO and Chairman’s office, our questions naturally strayed into “how is the information protected and how do you know …?” All quite timely really. Straight after we entered into 2000, 22 of us from widely different areas within Royal Mail were identified to be trained to become part of the inaugural Group-wide Information Security Team. From there the team was trained by the Royal Holloway, some going on to do their MSc’s with them.
