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echnology was Alison’s favour ite subject at school and she knew she wan ted a career in tech, so she enrolled at Macqu arie University to study a Bachelor of IT majori ng in Sof tware Technolog y. During her deg ree, a cyber securit y internship at NSW Health pop ped up – this was the first time she’d tried it out and she loved it. Alison switched into the the n-brand-new cyber securit y major at her uni. A Kamilaroi woman, Alison soon found out about another internship opportunity through Walanga Muru, Macquarie University’s pathway and eng agement program for Aboriginal and Torres Stra it Islander students. The internship was at the Com monwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) – and Alis on continues to intern par t-time as a junior cyber securit y analyst while completing her degree . However, Alison is still figuring out exactly where in cyber securit y she wants to take her Bachelor of IT (Cyber Security), Macquarie University
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idea of learning career. She currently likes the ting (pen testing) more about penetration tes urit y gig that – the cool-sounding cyber sec anisation’s weak org an basically involves finding “It’s fun – you’re s. doe else e spots before someon really,” she says. kind of like a hacker, but not t to her team Alison expressed this interes ular tutoring at CBA, and now she gets reg ing our team is on a Friday. “That’s someth really great for,” she says. Cyber Security Cadet, eHealth NSW
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