Millions of American consumers and small businesses are affected by cybercrime each year and struggle to find resources to respond, recover and report the incident. In 2019 alone, over 460,000 people reported a crime to the FBI with approximately $3.5 billion loss in just one year and the incidents of cybercrime continue to grow. Over a decade ago, Kristin Judge stepped up to help appointed officials understand how to impact both policy and budget to help fix this growing problem. Since then, she created the Cybercrime Network and learned many career lessons on the way. She learned how to successfully pivot from being a stay at home mom to a CEO of a Non-Profit to prove there is not just one path in a tech career. She grew her success as a leader for women in technology and security and shares her secrets on this podcast episode. Learn about owning the room, being a servant leader, and most of all an encouraging message around confidence.

➡️Make sure to visit the Cybercrime Network at Cybercrimesupport.org to learn more about their work.
In addition, they have collaborated on two major efforts that also work in their own way to help victims of Cybercrime:
Report, Recover, and Reinforce Security after an event: https://fraudsupport.org/
Partnership with Google to help prevent spams and scams: https://scamspotter.org/

"I want women to walk into a room with the confidence that meets their abilities." -Kristin Judge

At the end of the day, there is no one clear path to success for women in technology. For example, Kristin is super successful today as a CEO and thought leader in Cybersecurity. That wasn’t the case when she tried to get a job after staying home with her children for 13 years after previously being a sex ed teacher. She just kept going and became an elected official. At that time around 2009, cybersecurity was a growing field, especially for public officials.

She kept going with the momentum she found and her passion to fix problems while helping people. This led to her flourishing career in security that now has brought her many outstanding opportunities. She explains how it is hard for people to understand cybersecurity until they are impacted personally. We love her saying that “when there is a breach, it is time to teach.”

Kristin shares more than her knowledge of cybersecurity, but on to more actionable tips on growing your career, how to advocate for yourself and standing up for others. She sets an example as a servant leader and makes sure her confidence meets her abilities when she shows up in a meeting.

She encourages our listeners to “Don't Discount how amazing you are!”

In this episode, we cover:

Tips for Stay at Home parents that want to return to the workforce
Cybercrime Education and Awareness
Owning the room
Servant Leadership
Confidence for Women in Tech

Simple Call to Action:

Reflect on your amazing skills
Compliment someone else for the strengths you see in them
Visit the amazing resources below and consider sharing them with your network!

Resources

Cybercrime Support Network Corporate Site: https://cybercrimesupport.org/
Report, Recover, and Reinforce Security after an event: https://fraudsupport.org/
Partnership with Google to help prevent spams and scams: https://scamspotter.org/

Reach out to Kristin Judge Directly:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-judge-1108b624/