MK: Risk management in a cloud-first world
1. MK: Risk management in a cloud-first world
I was a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 22 years. It was during that time in the FBI where I was assigned an investigation that included a cybersecurity element to it, and that's what I would call my pivot moment that really was the deciding factor for me. I need to invest time, cycles, develop my intelligence on this, take courses, do whatever I need to do in order to get smart on it. My name is MK Palmore. I'm a director in the office of the CISO for Google Cloud. My team is responsible for helping customers onboard safely and securely into the cloud. I'm a child of the '80s, and for those of us in Gen X that come from that generation everything in the '80s was really about the opening of the door to all things computers. Even families that, like mine, that were socially and economically disadvantaged, we even had opportunities to avail ourselves of computers and computing technology. And so this interest in computing and what it might evolve into, I think the seeds were planted. Cybersecurity's important in a cloud-first world because cybersecurity is the number one topic for business enterprise risk. I made a pointed decision on my own to change my career path and begin investing in the opportunity to learn and become educated in cybersecurity. The skill that I think is most important for cybersecurity practitioners is a willingness to understand that you don't know everything. I'm a huge supporter of certificate programs, certifications in the industry, because that is the pathway that I took in order to get educated. I feel that the more training that we can make available to a wider audience to give folks that opportunity to get educated in this field, I just think the better off we're all gonna be. Cloud is probably the most exciting industry to be in right now because the possibilities, I think, are endless. The benefits of cloud to business, to individuals, to society overall, I think that trajectory is still on an upward arc. So when you combine cloud with cybersecurity and you think about it in terms of the availability of jobs in the job market, this is a market that will continue to expand for years to come.2. Let's practice!
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