Miami, Florida, United States
Caitlin, known to many as “Cybersecurity Girl”, is the top Cybersecurity influencers on social media. Caitlin has spent the last 4.5 years curating cybersecurity specific content in order to encourage more diversity in Cyber, teach the public what a cybersecurity career looks like as well as teach them how to be safe online. She stands out as a preeminent Cybersecurity Influencer, nurturing and educating her vast global audience of over 1,700,000 across various platforms. In the past two years, Caitlin has passionately dedicated her free time to establishing a robust cybersecurity footprint, offering invaluable insights on online data protection and shedding light on the intricacies of cybersecurity careers for the masses. In her earlier role, Caitlin steered TikTok's Global Cybersecurity Advocacy and Culture team, she was in charge of championing both internal and external cybersecurity education, awareness, and culture. Before starting at TikTok, Caitlin was in cybersecurity consulting for nearly 10 years. Her career began at EY as a Cybersecurity Consultant, performing large scale, global cybersecurity awareness assessments across 20 key cyber sectors. She also worked as an ISO 27001 lead implementer, as well as worked on projects pertaining to NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, and Cyber Essentials Plus standards. She later transitioned to data protection and privacy. Utilizing Data Loss Prevention software, she helped companies secure high-value assets and made a strategic move to London. Here, her focus was on Data Privacy, specifically GDPR preparation and compliance. When she moved back to the states, Caitlin worked for the global law firm, DLA Piper, as a Senior Manager specializing in cybersecurity and data privacy consultancy. Later, she transitioned to a Director role at Protiviti. Beyond her corporate engagements, Caitlin taught an intensive six-month cybersecurity bootcamp, 'Become a Cyber Analyst.' Her digital presence remains robust, particularly on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, where she ceaselessly produces insightful cybersecurity-focused content. Back in June of 2023, Caitlin took a bold step and left her corporate job to fully commit to her true passion, Cybersecurity Girl LLC, where she will continue to influence, and empower cybersecurity for all by helping the public safeguard their online world, and inspire tomorrow's defenders.
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Cybersecurity Advocacy Engaged with internal and external stakeholders, handling complex regulatory and government inquiries and B2B client cybersecurity concerns. Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Internal: Developed and delivered tailored cybersecurity training programs. Elevated cybersecurity literacy and practices across all organizational levels. Fostered a strong cybersecurity culture among partners and clients. Cybersecurity Training and Awareness External: Developed tailored training that was used to educate our end user on how to be safe while using the Platform as well as tips on how to be safe online Implementation of Cybersecurity Best Practices: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate robust cybersecurity measures. Ensured high-level data protection and risk management. Strategic Cybersecurity Guidance: Maintained up-to-date knowledge of the evolving cybersecurity landscape. Provided solutions aligning with the latest industry standards and regulations..
-Lead large scale privacy impact assessments, GDPR readiness assessment, CCPA readiness assessments, High Value Asset assessments, ISO 27001 readiness assessments and implementation's, and overall cyber security assessments. -Lead large global GDPR and CCPA readiness assessments and implementations that included the documentation of data inventories, product inventories, process inventories, systems inventories, third party inventories, Record of Processing activities (ROPA), and tag and pixel inventories. Documented many consumer response templates for CCPA and GDPR, and created consumer response playbooks. -Lead global cyber security trainings and table top exercises. -Work with global and multinational commercial clients in the financial services, health care, automobile, consumer goods and pharmaceutical industries, and helped them prepare for CCPA by conducting CCPA Readiness Assessments and implementations. -Lead privacy and data protection assessments, developed and executed privacy program strategies, and designed and supported privacy program operations for a variety of federal and global commercial clients in the financial services, manufacturing, professional services, healthcare, and hospitality industries. -Help clients with responding to both German and UK ICO after breaches.