Listen to the full episode here:
http://gettingintoinfosec.com
Tracy Maleeff (@InfosecSherpa) was a professional law Librarian and at the top of her game. Looking for change and meaning, she searched until she found the field of Information Security. This is her journey.
BIO:
Tracy Z. Maleeff (/may-leaf/), @InfoSecSherpa , is an independent information professional providing research and social media consulting, with a focus on information security. She is a frequent presenter about best practices of data mining from social media, professional networking, and introduction to information security topics. Tracy has 15 years of experience as a librarian in academia, corporate, and law firm industries and earned a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Principal of Sherpa Intelligence LLC – your guide up a mountain of information.
Notes:
• There is a condition called "Librarian Face"
• Librarians, who Master's Degree in Library Science, are taught to be approachable
• Was never a public librarian, worked in "special" libraries. This made her really good at finding and accessing data.
• Tracy shares some social engineering tricks she did earlier in her life.
• Didn't grow up with computers around her.
• Advice: "Know yourself"
Quotes:
• "If you are out in public… people are likely to come ask you questions because you look like you know things."
• "I did fail, but I did not fail as badly as I thought I would!"
• "I don't regret the path that I took."
• "For someone like me who does come from a technical background... having the certifications is what people want to see."
• "They need to see some receipt!"
• "Even if it turned out to be nothing, don't be afraid to speak up."
• "I don't think I realized it was social engineering, I just knew it was something that I wanted."
• "Managed to talk my way not only on the plane, but also into business first."
• "They had me at port scanning."
Links:
• Infosecsherpa: https://twitter.com/infosecsherpa
• Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC): https://womenscyberjutsu.org/
• Intro Music: Cascadia by Trash80 - https://trash80.com/#/content/133/weeklybeats-2012-week5
• Outro Music: JR Tundra - Natty Roadster
Resources:
• Art of Improvement:
Getting Into Infosec:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/coffeewithayman
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6gV_gdfc188HZdN8LUx4A
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Step-Step-Starting-Information-ebook/dp/B07N15GTPC/
