CUSEC 2020 Kristina Balaam - Careers in Cybersecurity: The jobs you never knew you wanted

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing and understaffed industries in tech. And yet, as students, many of us were never exposed to the exciting career opportunities it offers! In this talk, we'll discuss possible career paths, what a role in cybersecurity is really like, and how students can get started pursuing a career in infosec.

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Kristina Balaam is a Security Intelligence Engineer at Lookout where she reverse-engineers mobile malware. Prior to Lookout, she worked as an Application Security Engineer at Shopify focusing mostly on Android mobile security. Kristina graduated with a bachelor's of computer science from McGill University in 2012, and is currently pursuing a MSc. in information security engineering from the SANS Institute of Technology. She is passionate about public speaking and educating consumers and developers on topics in cybersecurity.