Tina Slankas on CTF's, Cyberwarfare ranges in Arizona, fields within CyberSecurity domain,NIST Framework, portfolios, why software tools that company's use shouldn't be disclosed, Networking, Segment2

About this episode

Tina Slankas discusses pathways into Cybersecurity, the importance of networking, and the confidentiality of company technologies.

Tina Slankas shares her wisdom on how anyone can get into Cybersecurity and how its a great practice for CTF's and what responsibilities you can learn about when getting into Cyberwarfare ranges. Tina talks about why you have to find the right people to delegate certain tasks to when working for any company. Tina also mentions why technologies that companies use should not be discoverable or shared with anyone who is tech savvy and has experience in hacking into whatever tool it maybe. Tina talks about what it means to really network with people and how it's not always about gaining something back in return. Tune into Cybertech with Sam to find out more about this wonderful, interesting conversation that Sam had with Tina.

People in this episode

Host: Sam Jawa

Guest: Tina Slankas

Topics covered

• Cybersecurity
• CTF
• Cyberwarfare
• Networking
• NIST Framework

Keywords

• Cybersecurity
• CTF
• Cyberwarfare
• NIST Framework
• Networking
• software tools
• delegation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NIST

Places: Arizona

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