Getting Started in Cybersecurity – DFIR Career Advice with Cathy Ullman

Dr. Catherine J. Ullman is a security researcher, speaker, author, and Principal Technology Architect and Security at the University at Buffalo with over 20 years of highly technical experience. In her current role, Cathy is a Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) specialist, performing incident management, intrusion detection, investigative services, and personnel case resolution in a dynamic academic environment. In addition, she increases security awareness among faculty and staff by educating and educating users on how to prevent and detect social engineering threats and how to securely compute and communicate digitally. Cathy has presented at numerous information security conferences, including DEF CON and Blue Team Con. Cathy is a contributor to the O'Reilly title 97 Things Every Information Professional Should Know and author of the Wiley title The Active Defender. In her (minimal) free time, she enjoys visiting her adopted two-toed sloth Flash at the Buffalo Zoo, researching death and the dead, and learning more about hacking things to make the world a safer place.

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Getting Started in Cybersecurity: It's a conversation about what they did before, why they focused on cybersecurity, the process they went through to get into cybersecurity, how they stay on track, and any advice/tips/tricks they got along the way.

The Breaking into Cybersecurity Leadership series is an additional series focused on cybersecurity leadership where various cybersecurity leaders (high and low) speak directly about what it takes to be a successful leader. We focus on the skills and competencies associated with cybersecurity leadership as well as tips/tricks/advice from cybersecurity leaders.

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About the hosts:

Renee Small is CEO of Cyber Human Capital, one of the leading cybersecurity staffing partners, and author of the Amazon bestseller Magnetic Hiring: Your Company's Secret Weapon for Attracting the Best Cybersecurity Talent. She is committed to helping leaders close the cybersecurity talent gap by hiring internally and helping more people enter the lucrative cybersecurity profession. https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneebrownsmall/
Download a free copy of her book at [magnetichiring.com/book](http://magnetichiring.com/book).

Christophe Foulon is focused on protecting people and processes and has a solid understanding of the technology used. He has over ten years of experience as an experienced information security manager and cybersecurity strategist with a passion for customer service, process improvement and information security. He has extensive experience in optimizing technology deployment while balancing the impact on people, processes and information security by taking a consultative approach.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophefoulon/

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