Jeanier Anderson is a 满帆 grad with safety on her mind. 成长的过程中, 她想成为一名警察, and she earned a Criminology degree from Barry University in 2016. She had a hard time finding a job in her field after graduation, so she decided to look for technology programs to build off the computer classes she took as part of her undergraduate coursework.

Jeanier找到了满帆 信息技术 bachelor's degree program (当时被称为云技术), and now she's helping companies keep their data safe as a Cloud Security Consultant with ScaleSec.

Jeanier wasn't sure what career path she wanted to take until she took the security classes that were part of her 满帆 program.

“我的两个安全老师, who were Jack Norman and Ean Myers… their classes stood out to me the most, 尤其是伊恩的课. We did a capture-the-flag type of work where we had to go digging through different servers for key answers to get to the next level,她说. The hands-on exercise piqued her interest in security, 随着毕业的临近, 她开始寻找云安全方面的工作.

满帆's industry-focused learning helped Jeanier make a seamless transition into her first job in Deloitte Consulting's Cloud Cyber Risk Management department. "They gave us tools that were actually being used in the industry. It's not like other universities where you learn something and by the time you graduate it's already obsolete,她说. "It was like I was just transitioning from one door to another because that's exactly what I was using in the company I started with."

一年半之内, Jeanier moved up to her current job as a Cloud Security Consultant for ScaleSec. She spends her days helping clients understand the cloud, and she helps them remediate any existing or future security issues with their cloud environment.

"Every day we get with clients and see what kind of needs they have and see what we can accomplish. 那可能是观察他们的环境. It might be coming up with some new code for them, 测试, 分析他们在云端的安全设置,她说. A recent project involved reducing the number of permissions in a client's cloud environment to ensure least privilege and not giving out sensitive data to a potential attacker during a reconnaissance phase of an attack.

One of the biggest challenges her clients face is making sure that they're following their industry's standards and securely navigating data in the cloud.

"The main concern is not so much how to do it but how securely to do it,她说. "You have to be compliant and always secure your data."

Jeanier loves helping clients secure their cloud environments every day, 她工作的灵活性是一个额外的好处. 作为一个完全的远程工作者, she can produce high-quality work under almost any set of circumstances — including the coronavirus pandemic. "They set me up pretty nice and prepared us for situations like this. To continue to give my clients that, I'd say it's an asset to everyone."

Jeanier advises current and future 满帆 students to take advantage of the school's commitment to networking.

"Networking is one of the best things that I learned at 满帆,她说. "[The] Career Development [department] works closely with a lot of big corporations, so that was my connection into getting into Deloitte. The networking that I learned at 满帆 got me into the security department, 是什么让我有了现在的地位. So you have to speak up, and always build your brand with continual learning."