Sharon Lawrence
About
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, but now live in the Raleigh/ Durham area of NC. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Education- Information Technology from East Carolina University. She also has the CompTIA A+ and a Cisco Certified Cyber Ops Associate certifications. She has been in IT for 5 years. She started my career in a Help Desk position working at HP on a Federal Government contract for the USPS contract. Then 4 months later moved up to an IT Support Analyst position. In that position, she worked with Retail Wireless Devices for USPS before moving into Cybersecurity.
Sharon has been a Cybersecurity Engineer for a GDIT working on a Federal Contract with the EPA for 9 months. She works on the Technical side of Cybersecurity. She works mainly the Firewalls but also does Data Protection, Intrusion detection, IDS/ IPS, researching the malicious website, VPN Secure, and more. She also attends cybersecurity organizations meetings, events, and conferences in the area and virtually. I am a member of ISSA, ISACA, and Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) and Toastmasters.
What mentoring means to me
- To give back to the community, with advice and sharing resources she comes across to help others.
- To build connections with people who want to go in the Cybersecurity path because sometimes you can also learn things from your others.
- To encourage others to stay on their Cybersecurity path and be a great support to their journey.
Areas of Expertise
Country / Time Zone
USA, Eastern Time