RunAs Radio Becoming a Cybersecurity Expert with Paula Januszkiewicz
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Oct 22, 2025 Paula Januszkiewicz, CEO of Secure/ Secure Academy, shares her journey in cybersecurity, driven by insatiable curiosity. She discusses the delicate balance between education and hands-on experience, highlighting the intense demands of incident response. Paula reveals the challenges of legacy protocols in aviation security and how AI is transforming both attack and defense strategies. With a focus on proactive measures, she illustrates the importance of building community through knowledge sharing and the evolving career paths in the cybersecurity landscape.
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Untrusted Infrastructure Is A Hidden Attack Surface
- Simple infrastructure services like time and ADS-B lack adequate security and can paralyze systems.
- Attackers exploit these trust assumptions to cause widespread disruption without complex exploits.
Curiosity Is The Core Skill
- Paula Januszkiewicz says cybersecurity is driven by insatiable curiosity to know how things work.
- Deeper knowledge enables better threat identification and stronger defenses.
Containment Isn’t The End—Hunt Thoroughly
- Do not stop at containment; invest in full root-cause analysis and advanced hunting.
- Replace passwords and perform thorough checks to ensure attackers are fully evicted.