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KieranRowley
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6 months ago

Introductions

Welcome to our new Community, we are so happy that you have joined us and we'd love to get to know you all. Please introduce yourself in this thread by telling us a little bit about yourself and your experience with Immersive Labs and Cyber Security.

I'm Kieran, the Director of Community here at Immersive Labs and I'm responsible for fostering this community, and leading our Cyber Million program which aims to help 1 Million people into cybersecurity jobs over the next decade.

Prior to this I worked with the UK NCSC to design and deliver the inaugural program of CyberFirst events, a pioneering initiative aimed at inspiring and encouraging 14 - 18 year olds to consider careers in cybersecurity. I'm a member of the UK Cyber Security Council's Qualifications Careers Working Group and carried out extensive research into the UK's Cyber Security Skills Gap as part of my MSc in Cyber Security.

I live in South West England, where you can often find me running on the trails, or running after my 7 year old son.

I look forward to meeting you all

Kieran

  • Hello all! I am Kit, a solution consultant based out of St. Albans which is just north of London.
    I have a 2 year son that I have been taking to as many countries as possible (until we have to pay for a full plane ticket for him 😣).
    I also have a dog called Norman who can run at 45mph but only for about 1 min and then sleeps behind me in my office for the other 23h and 59mins of the day.

    Looking forward to getting involved with our new community! 

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      TillyCorless
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      Hi @KitHudson and welcome! Love hearing about Norman. Am I right we can expect 1 min of community engagement from him each day? Then he can spend 23h and 58 mins sleeping, still!

  • Hello to the community!

    My name is Ben McCarthy and I have been working at Immersive for 6 years now and have watched it grow to the platform it is today. 

    Cyber security is a huge passion of mine, and I spend a lot of time reverse engineering for malware analysis or exploit development. I have reversed engineered malware that people are unaware of and have found exploits in production software that has gone through disclosure. If anyone wants to discuss these with me I will chat forever!

    I lead the cyber threat intelligence team here at Immersive where we release labs on the latest threats against our customers industries within 24 hours - this involves CVEs, latest malware trends and emerging threats. It can be stressful but also very fun.

    I can't introduce myself without talking about the new addition to my household; I have a rescue cat called "Cat"; he is about 15, has one eye and three teeth, and is the most loving animal! Here he is :)

     

  • Hey I'm Jenny! I'm a Senior Cyber Resilience Advisor for Immersive Labs, specialising in technical exercising and cyber preparedness. 

    At home I have two chinchillas, Suki and Sen who are the sweetest beings on the planet. I'm a big fan of gaming, puzzles, escape rooms, which tend to give me inspiration for simulating dilemmas in exercises!

  • Hello! My name is Corry; I have been on the immersive Labs 🚀 for over a year. I partner daily with our customers to help them extract maximum value from our platform and exceed their cyber goals. 

    I am a father and a cinema enthusiast, and I also enjoy graphic design and content creation in my spare time 🙂 

  • I'm Pamela, Senior User Researcher at Immersive. I've been at the company for over 5 years undertaking user research and usability testing, speaking to our customers to get their feedback on our existing products, as well as potential new features and designs.

    I'm passionate about inclusivity and accessibility in design, tech and all aspects of life.

    Outside of work you will usually find me walking my dog, doing puzzles or watching true crime.

  • Hiya! I'm Naomi, a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer in the Content team at Immersive. I've been here for about 3 years, working in a few different areas during that time (AppSec, Reverse Engineering and Exploit Development in Offensive, and now Team Sim). I love a good challenge and try to take part in CTFs when I can, as well as having the opportunity to develop challenge content here at Immersive!

  • 👋 I'm Nye, one of the Lead Cybersecurity Engineers here at Immersive. I've been with Immersive for just over 3 years and my primary focus has been creating offensive security related challenges. In a previous life, I've dabbled in Red Teaming, penetration testing, but also digital forensics! 💜

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    TillyCorless
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    Hi everyone. I'm echoing Kieran's sentiment that we’re so excited to welcome and get to know our community members! 

    I’m Tilly, the Lead Program Manager for the Immersive Labs community, which I'm very much looking forward to growing with all of our members 🤝

    I’ve been an employee at Immersive for two years and prior to this I project managed our Cyber Resilience Team customer projects, working particularly closely with Cyber Crisis Simulations. We have a top-class team of Cyber Resilience Advisors and I hope that some of you are lucky enough to work with them throughout your Immersive journey.

    In my spare time, I love to be outdoors - whether that’s running, gardening, busking with my band or exploring the countryside with my dog.

    Pleased to meet you! Drop a intro with a note about yourself in this Welcome Forum ⬇️