By: Lisa Ventura, CEO & Founder, UK Cyber Security Association and a finalist in the Security Leader/ Mentor in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2019
I have been in the cyber security industry for over ten years, and my career did not go in a straightforward linear line. It has had many twists and turns, false starts and failures but one thing is certain – I never gave up. Everything I’ve been through over the years has taught me a valuable lesson that has got me to where I am today.
I started off my career in a very different industry – the entertainment industry. Straight from studying I spent seven years working with Chris Tarrant, the host of the hugely popular and globally successful gameshow “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire.” However, alongside this my ex-husband was in the IT industry as a coder, document management specialist, disaster recovery specialist and eventually be became an ethical hacker. I was absolutely fascinated with what he did and would often quiz him about his work, and I was intrigued by the psychology of hacking and cyber security.
In 2008 my ex-husband invented a software tool that identifies undetected vulnerabilities in routers, switches and firewalls. It provides exact fixes to help organisations stay compliant and stay secure. To cut a long story short, I joined his company when he founded it in 2009 and it grew organically very quickly. This was how I formally entered the cyber security industry and when we separated and subsequently divorced in 2012, I knew that I wanted to stay in the industry.
I joined BT and worked on their Assure Cyber product following on from what I did at my ex-h ..
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