Valorie King

Program Chair

I manage the Cybersecurity Management and Policy academic program.

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Technology

Business

Helping People

Day to Day

Customer Service -- students, faculty, staff. My success depends on helping others achieve their goals. Project Management -- making sure that courses and curriculum are developed and delivered on schedule, at the required level of quality, and within the resources available to me. Product Design, Delivery, and Management -- overseeing the content of courses in cybersecurity with a management and / or policy emphasis (or both). Quality Management -- assuring the delivery of high quality courses.

Advice for Getting Started

Here's the first step for everyone

Learn to use Windows and / or Linux -- learn how the operating systems work. Add scripting in Python or some other programming language (Java, C++, assembly language). If you can write working code and can understand how your computer actually works ... someone will be willing to give you a chance to break into cybersecurity. This is especially true if also you earn the Network+ and or Security+ certifications.

Recommended Education

My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:

Bachelor
Computer/Computer Systems Technology/Technician

The Noise I Shed

Challenges I Overcame