Alyson Van Stone, MBA's Linkedin Analytics

🌟🌟 Join me for FREE Cybersecurity Mentorship sessions live on Zoom - info posted on Mondays! 🌟🌟 Hi, I’m Alyson! 👋🏻😊 My background is in business, specifically marketing, and recently I made a career change into cybersecurity. I’m now working as a BISA, a Business Information Security Analyst. It’s a very unique role in the industry that bridges the gap between two departments that often speak completely different languages – the cybersecurity (aka information security or IT security) team and the rest of the business (marketing, finance, legal, etc). 💠 I love this role for several reasons! First, because it makes a great impact on the organization by fostering more effective communications and strengthening relationships across multiple teams. In this capacity, I rely heavily upon my soft skills and business acumen. 💠 Secondly, I am able to utilize the cybersecurity skills and knowledge I’ve obtained over the past two years. I work directly with subject matter experts across all areas of cybersecurity - offense/defense, cloud, IAM, AppSec, GRC, and more! My technical learning and development is a constant work in progress, and seeing my growth here is super exciting and motivating! 💠 And lastly, I love this work because of its overall mission. Every day I get to help people. I feel so good about doing work that matters. Cybersecurity risk is not something that will ever go away, but I can do my best to protect myself, my family and friends, my company and other businesses. I'm also now working as a part-time cybersecurity instructor for one of the universities located in Florida. It is the same program I graduated from in June 2022, and I'm so happy to be back, this time to teach what I've learned and to help others launch their own cybersecurity careers. It's such a rewarding experience! It truly takes a village. My career success wouldn’t have been possible without my amazing network here on LinkedIn. You’ve all played a part and I thank you so much for that. I hope that I can give back to each of you so that this wonderful community continues to grow and all of our dreams come true. 😊💗 P.S. You will not see the names of my current employers here on LinkedIn in order to prevent phishing attempts and other security issues (just look at what happened at MGM recently, for example). It also protects me from potential legal issues. While this is a public platform, my account is personal to me (not owned by any of my employers) and all views I express here are my own. Thank you for understanding!