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It’s impossible to describe what a typical day looks t like because I don’ have one”
and Steele was into gaming rowing up, Ash Lennoxs, “so say she ,” me to se ke sen computers. “They just ma get something out of a I was pretty sure I would at.” ce. I just didn't know wh degree in computer scien wanted she at wh ow kn n’t did ll In her final year, Ash sti what nd fou her degree. Then she to do when she finished . rity ecu lecture about cybers she was looking for in a but the l With the Dragon Tattoo Gir e “I’m a big fan of Th ng to thi no s ha ies hackers in hood Holly wood portraya l of e tur lec t tha m fro ch learnt so mu do with cybersecurity. I .” ‘That’s what I want to do’ and I wa lked out thinking ing dy stu of lue va d the Ash says she also learne t. ght like, and being patien mi u yo nk thi u yo tty something pre t bu e tim nted to do for a long “I had no idea what I wa t tha st tru to same. You’ve got much everyone feels the you’ll work it out.”
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Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences, AUT
After finishing a Maste rs of Information Securi ty and Digita l Forensics at Auckland University of Technology, Ash started working as a Security Analyst with New Zeala nd ’s state-owned TV network, TV NZ . “It’s impossible to descri be what a typica l day loo ks like because I don’t have one,” says Ash. “It’s a dynamic role that changes every day and I love that variety. Our team works across the TV NZ network and infrastructu re. Our goa l is to ma ke TV NZ as secure as possi ble from cybersecurity threats. I’ve never consid ered the dark side of hacking. Holly wood ma kes hackers look cool bu t my conscience is too ethica l for that.” – Rober t Tighe
Master Of Information Security and Digital Forensics, AUT
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Security Analyst, TVNZ
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