Last updated on May 6, 2020
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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYzVCmNxrshH4_bPO_-Y-A
Getting Into Infosec
- Breaking IN: A Practical Guide to Starting a Career in Information Security: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N15GTPC/
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