5 Questions With Angel Jordan, Oportun's Senior Manager Security Engagement & Education
5 Questions With Angel Jordan, Oportun's Senior Manager Security Engagement & Education
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / February 6, 2024 / As a provider of consumer-facing financial services, our members entrust us with their data and financial futures, obligations we take seriously. Oportun invests in our systems and people in order to help ensure the integrity of our members' data. With Data Privacy Week recently passed, we sat down for 5 Questions With Angel N. J., Oportun's Senior Manager Security Engagement & Education.
馬薩諸塞州北安普敦/ACCESSWIRE /2024年2月6日/作爲面向消費者的金融服務提供商,我們的會員委託我們提供他們的數據和金融未來,我們認真對待這些義務。Oportun 投資於我們的系統和人員,以幫助確保我們會員數據的完整性。隨着數據隱私周的結束,我們與Oportun安全參與和教育高級經理Angel N.J. 坐下來討論了5個問題。
First things first - what do you do at Oportun?
第一件事——你在 Oportun 做什麼?
I run the security awareness program at Oportun. I'm responsible for helping create protections against cybersecurity attacks, educating team members on how to prevent them, and helping train Oportun workers on security practices.
我在 Oportun 開展安全意識計劃。我負責幫助建立防範網絡安全攻擊的保護措施,教育團隊成員如何防範網絡安全攻擊,並幫助培訓Oportun員工掌握安全措施。
Let's imagine security awareness in simple terms. Picture what happens when a rock is thrown and it hits you - it's a pretty simple lesson in pain. Teaching security awareness is like showing people how to dodge the rock altogether, so they stay safe (and avoid the pain of your data being stolen).
讓我們用簡單的術語來想象一下安全意識。想象一下當一塊石頭被扔到你身上時會發生什麼 —— 這是一堂非常簡單的痛苦課。教育安全意識就像向人們展示如何完全躲避岩石一樣,這樣他們才能保持安全(並避免數據被盜的痛苦)。
Today, our internal awareness campaigns are hitting on all cylinders with regular communications, webinars, and training that ranges from new hire onboarding through to annual cybersecurity classes.
如今,我們的內部宣傳活動正在發揮最大作用,包括定期溝通、網絡研討會和培訓,從新員工入職到年度網絡安全課程,應有盡有。
How did you get into this field and what led you to Oportun?
你是如何進入這個領域的?是什麼促使你加入了Oportun?
I'm an accidental security awareness leader. I started my career as a technology consultant, then expanded into IT audit work and governance. I became fascinated by cybersecurity and the human element of prevention, so dedicated the next phase of my career to cybersecurity education and awareness.
我是一個偶然的安全意識領導者。我的職業生涯始於技術顧問,後來擴展到IT審計工作和治理。我對網絡安全和預防中的人爲因素着迷,因此我將下一階段的職業生涯投入到網絡安全教育和提高認識上。
I decided to obtain my master's degree in Training and Development (Angel was a pandemic graduate), then accepted a new opportunity with my prior employer, Bank of America, where I developed an award-winning cybersecurity talent upskill program. That's where I heard about Oportun.
我決定獲得培訓與發展碩士學位(Angel 是疫情專業的畢業生),然後接受了我的前僱主美國銀行的新機會,在那裏我制定了一項屢獲殊榮的網絡安全人才提升技能計劃。那是我聽說過 Oportun 的地方。
I was attracted to the Oportun mission immediately. I had actually been a member using the Oportun savings app already. But when I learned about the important work the company does offering financial tools and services to the underserved, I was hooked.
我立刻被Oportun任務所吸引。實際上,我已經是使用Oportun儲蓄應用程序的會員了。但是,當我得知該公司爲得不到充分服務的人提供金融工具和服務的重要工作時,我被迷住了。
There's a tremendous alignment between the Oportun mission and cybersecurity's role within it. By helping protect the most technologically vulnerable, we can ensure that the information of the most financially vulnerable remains safe and protected. I designed my first campaign at Oportun, Fall into Cybersecurity, with that in mind. The campaign revitalized the Security Education program and was mentioned in the Oportun 2022 Corporate Sustainability Report as a testament to how our security awareness program enhances the information security posture at the Company.
Oportun的使命與網絡安全在其中的作用之間有着極大的一致性。通過幫助保護技術上最脆弱的人,我們可以確保財務上最脆弱的人的信息保持安全和受到保護。考慮到這一點,我在Oportun設計了我的第一個宣傳活動《走進網絡安全》。該活動重振了安全教育計劃,《Oportun 2022年企業可持續發展報告》提到了該活動,這證明了我們的安全意識計劃如何增強了公司的信息安全態勢。
I've also felt seen and heard here at Oportun. I have an amazing team around me and Chief Information Security Officer, @Manju Mude, has been incredibly supportive. They've given me the freedom to build and evolve this program so that it's best able to serve our Oportun teams.
我在 Oportun 也感受到了被看見和聽到的感覺。我身邊有一支很棒的團隊,首席信息安全官 @Manju Mude 一直給予了極大的支持。他們讓我可以自由地構建和改進這個項目,這樣它才能最好地爲我們的Oportun團隊服務。
You're very passionate about your job. What drives you?
你對自己的工作充滿熱情。是什麼驅使你前進?
Once I moved into cybersecurity awareness, I realized the work was my passion. I'm a creator at heart (Angel is a sewist and crafter in her free time) and enjoy helping others, so building content and programs that make people smarter and better able to avoid deceptive practices is incredibly fulfilling.
當我提高網絡安全意識後,我意識到這項工作是我的激情所在。我本質上是一個創作者(Angel 在空閒時間是一名縫紉師和手工藝師),喜歡幫助他人,因此,開發讓人們變得更聰明、更能避免欺騙行爲的內容和程序真是令人難以置信。
The key is teaching good habits. Cybersecurity is a muscle; you need to build it up and make it repeatable. My goal is to build that muscle and then equip team members to help others do the same. In that way, we are building a wider, stronger, more effective cybersecurity net that protects everyone.
關鍵是要養成良好的習慣。網絡安全是一塊力量;你需要增強網絡安全並使其具有可重複性。我的目標是增強這股力量,然後讓團隊成員裝備起來,幫助其他人做同樣的事情。通過這種方式,我們正在建立一個更廣泛、更強大、更有效的網絡安全網絡,以保護所有人。
I'm also passionate about helping others succeed. As a Black woman, I believe my obligation is to be visible so others can see that it's possible and then help lift others into similar roles.
我也熱衷於幫助他人取得成功。作爲一名黑人女性,我認爲我的義務是公開露面,讓其他人看到這是可能的,然後幫助其他人扮演類似的角色。
I am a president of the Charlotte Chapter of Cyversity, an organization that helps underprivileged groups break into cybersecurity. I also created a LinkedIn initiative called Cyber is the Future that provides perspectives on the industry and tips for how to break into it.
我是Cyversity夏洛特分會的主席,該組織幫助弱勢群體進入網絡安全。我還發起了一項名爲 “網絡就是未來” 的LinkedIn計劃,該計劃提供了對該行業的看法以及如何打入該行業的技巧。
What cybersecurity advice do you have for others?
您對其他人有什麼網絡安全建議?
In general, I'm technology agnostic. I prefer to teach principles that can be applied no matter what type of device you're using or where you work.
總的來說,我是技術不可知論者。我更喜歡教授無論你使用什麼類型的設備或在哪裏工作都可以應用的原理。
For me, the Core Four are always the best starting point:
對我來說,核心四強永遠是最好的起點:
- Turn on automatic updates for everything so you're guaranteed to have the latest protections.
- Learn how to identify phishing attempts early so you can be more adept at spotting suspicious activity.
- Use multi-factor authentication whenever possible.
- Employ creative passwords for your logins, combined with leveraging password managers. Increasingly, that's less about complex alphanumeric strings and more about personal passphrases that are easier to remember but hard to guess
- 爲所有內容開啓自動更新,這樣您就可以保證獲得最新的保護措施。
- 了解如何及早識別網絡釣魚企圖,以便更善於發現可疑活動。
- 儘可能使用多因素身份驗證。
- 使用創意密碼進行登錄,同時利用密碼管理器。與其說是複雜的字母數字字符串,不如說是更容易記住但難以猜測的個人密碼
What's next in cybersecurity and for you at Oportun?
網絡安全領域的下一步是什麼?在Oportun,你的下一步是什麼?
As a company, Oportun is very supportive of generative AI, but we obviously need ground rules for how to engage with it safely. To do that, we first created a three-part seminar that covered the benefits of the technology, its risks and needed ethics, and how we use AI and data science at Oportun. It was exciting to see hundreds of our colleagues take part in that.
作爲一家公司,Oportun非常支持生成式人工智能,但我們顯然需要基本規則來確保如何安全地使用它。爲此,我們首先創建了一個由三部分組成的研討會,內容涵蓋了該技術的好處、風險和必要的道德觀,以及我們如何在Oportun使用人工智能和數據科學。看到我們的數百名同事參與其中,真是令人興奮。
As a next step, I'm working with @Carlos Carlos and his Data Security team to develop Generative AI University. It will dig a little deeper to show how to use the technology properly, what our governance tools are at Oportun, and provide training for our technical teams.
下一步,我正在與 @Carlos Carlos 和他的數據安全團隊合作開發生成式人工智能大學。它將進行更深入的挖掘,以展示如何正確使用該技術,Oportun有哪些治理工具,併爲我們的技術團隊提供培訓。
If you are interested in learning more about cybersecurity for personal or business purposes, I recommend the National Cybersecurity Alliance. They provide engaging educational content that I use often as source material for Oportun newsletters and curriculum content.
如果你有興趣爲個人或商業目的進一步了解網絡安全,我推薦全國網絡安全聯盟。他們提供引人入勝的教育內容,我經常使用這些內容作爲Oportun通訊和課程內容的原始資料。
View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Oportun on 3blmedia.com.
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