Be Like Spaghetti | Alexis Merritt
In this episode of WomenWhoSecure, Alexis Merritt compares her career approach to cooking spaghetti. She explains "You want to be like spaghetti: Not afraid to throw things at a wall and see what sticks." She is currently a full-time Incident Response Consultant at Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. Alexis shares some information about her day-to-day work such as handling ransomware incidents for organizations around the world. In addition to these highlights, she shares advice that has helped her as well as advice she wishes she knew earlier along her career journey. To get started in cybersecurity, Alexis took a traditional college path and is an alumna of Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Information Technology Management. She's definitely an inspiring woman with a bright future ahead. Connect with Alexis on LinkedIn!