Angela Hall Client Trust, Risk and Compliance (CTRaC) & Trade Regulations Executive at Kyndryl
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for 25 years, most of them in IT security
FROM FARMING TO CERTIFIED CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONAL
and in various roles: identity and
She grew up in a small farming community “where
access management, security analysis,
gender bias was rife and with a father with very
security advisory and policy program
‘old school thinking’.” She was not supported to
ngela Hall has worked in the IT industry
management. She has rolled out a compliance
attend university so instead joined IBM at age 19
education program, spent 12 months overseas
in an entry level role and worked her way upwards.
setting up a security team, has held a process
“Much of my learning has been through on the job
leadership role in Asia Pacific and several field
training, experience based and short courses, and
management positions.
more recently I was encouraged to undertake further industry training,” she says.
She has also worked in several non-security roles but says “It seems I have a natural affinity to security and
“I have now become a Certified Information Security
have always gravitated back to this domain.”
Manager (CISM) and a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE). Having held many roles
Three years ago she moved into a chief security,
in the part of the organisation I now lead, I have
regulatory and risk management leader position with
gained a unique perspective on how to support our
Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services
clients and my team. That helps me make decisions.”
provider, spun out of IBM in 2021. “In a nutshell, I lead
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a team of approximately 40 IT security professionals
Hall adds: “Sometimes the downside is that I can get
to support Kyndryl’s and our clients’ infrastructure/
into too much detail with the team, but the positives
IT security needs, policy and risk management,”
far outweigh the negatives!” She says her industry
Hall says.
certifications and organisation memberships have
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