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 Chinyelu Philomena Karibi-Whyte. Chinyelu shares with us why she pursued CISSP and how achieving it enabled her to develop her career and negotiate a better salary.
What job do you do today?
I am a Cyber Security Consultant within the Cloud Infrastructure Service at a Consulting Organisation.
What problems does your company solve?
My team and I help organisations deliver secure cloud projects, ensuring cybersecurity is applied from the design stage of the project through to the delivery stage. This is to ensure cybersecurity is not placed as an after thought.
What was life like when you started out in your career in cybersecurity?
I have been working on IT hardware for 11 years and realised I had a passion for being secure in all I do. I took a work break to return to school to get an MSc degree in Cyber Security.
What was your first cybersecurity job?
A Security Consultant with a Consulting Firm. I was responsible for conducting security risk assessment for the Galileo System Data Centres. Galileo system is the European Union equivalent of the US GPS system.
Why did you first decide to get into cybersecurity?
In 2006 I ..
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