Education
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B.S., Computing Science
2008Podcasts
35:26854: What It’s Like To Work as a Cybersecurity Risk Advisor With Dominic Vogel, CyberSC [Main T4C Episode]
Dominic Vogel is a cybersecurity risk advisor and founder and CEO of CyberSC. CyberSC is an “on demand” advisory firm that helps startups as well as small and medium-sized businesses meet their cybersecurity needs. Among the industries supported by CyberSC are: financial services, logistics, legal, transportation, healthcare, telecommunications, government and..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“Cybercrime just continually evolved … cybercrime has actually surpassed the drug trade as being the preferred crime of choice by criminal organizations across the world.”
Best Career Advice
“Spend time investing in relationships. I always told university students and college students, start building your network now.”
Career Challenge
“My last six months in corporate … I lost who I was. I was physically in an office, but I was not doing anything. I just lost myself. I rediscovered myself in an area I never thought I would in that field of entrepreneurial-ism Just by immersing myself in things which I never really bothered to learn. You know, things like relationship, building, things like networking, things like developing a sales strategy or saying, well, what would be my product offering or service offering, actually having a sales call. I never had a sales call before. Becoming an entrepreneur, trying to close the deal. I’ll never forget the rush when I got my first client by just learning so much about that and learning that I love public speaking and speaking to others, I love to invest in relationships.”
Skills
Advising, Managing, Sales, Coaching
Professional Interests
Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship, Public Speaking
