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The painting propped up behind Lora Vaughn is only half-done. Like so many things undertaken in the past 12 months, it was interrupted by unforeseen misfortune. In the painting's case, a torn rotator cuff first disrupted operations. A broken ring finger caused another hiccup. Yet neither Vaughn nor the painting seem terribly concerned about the delay or the mishaps because in a year spiked with great changes, Vaughn has come through better than ever.
The past year has exacerbated the problem of burnout in the cybersecurity industry, and the pandemic has hit women's careers particularly hard. We wondered how those in the cybersecurity workforce – already short on staff and gender diversity – might be impacted. Happily, during our search we found people like Lora Vaughn, senior director of security operations at Fastly, who have sunny stories to tell. (We're still interested in your stories: Contact us at [email protected] with the subject heading "Tips.")
In February 2020, before the lockdowns, Vaughn was CISO at a midsize bank in Arkansas. And she'd recently filed for divorce. To take that job, she had moved two states west, away from friends and family in Alabama. Now she was busy hustling her dog and ..
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