I have been in Cyber Security for over 12 years. My expertise is in identity and access management and authentication in the banking and finance industry. Over the years i have worked from start up's to established vendors.
In partnership with C Vision international, i came across the idea of not just my own experience but wanted other leaders in the world of Cyber security to tell their story of the glass ceiling and that sometimes-invisible barrier to success.
My podcast "Cyber Glass Ceiling" is a light hearted discussion with industry leaders and the challenges they faced getting to the top of their profession, whether they be a woman, person of colour, LGBTQ, or neurodiverse.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
I have been in Cyber Security for over 12 years. My expertise is in identity and access management and authentication in the banking and finance industry. Over the years i have worked from start up's to established vendors.
In partnership with C Vision international, i came across the idea of not just my own experience but wanted other leaders in the world of Cyber security to tell their story of the glass ceiling and that sometimes-invisible barrier to success.
My podcast "Cyber Glass Ceiling" is a light hearted discussion with industry leaders and the challenges they faced getting to the top of their profession, whether they be a woman, person of colour, LGBTQ, or neurodiverse.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of Cyber Glass Ceiling, my guests are Michele Proctor, lead of the Security Cryptography team at NatWest PLC, and Alison Bailey, Programme Manager - Information Management at Lloyds Banking Group.
Michele has worked in technology for over 30 years, from COBOL programming to Platform Manager. Growing up in an army family and living abroad for much of her early life has opened her up to the diversities of people and cultures. Alison shares her experiences studying IT in South Africa during apartheid in the early '90s.
Alison was born in South Africa where she completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree before starting work as a mainframe assembler programmer and then moving into more of a project management, readiness and delivery focus. She continued with this upon arriving in the UK in 2000, working as both a consultant and a contractor over the years before becoming a permanent employee of Lloyds Banking Group. Her career at Lloyds has covered projects involving the integration of HBoS’s, and subsequent split out of TSB’s, customer systems and data and more recently being part of the Cyber team. This has included working with our Private Cloud provider on cyber security matters and setting up, onboarding and supporting a cohort to the Cyber Academy. Alison is currently the Product Owner for DigiCerts.
We discuss the importance of diversity and inclusion initiatives that have been made by their respective companies. We also delve deep into the challenges that neurodivergent people face in the IT industry and how embracing neurodiversity with innovative solutions can lead to improved team dynamics.
Tune in to be part of the conversation as we explore the journeys and powerful insights of these inspiring industry leaders.
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