Issue 10

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Gabe Marzano Head of Cybersecurity at Palo Alto Networks and one half of the team behind the Dark Mode podcast

G

abe Marzano is head of cybersecurity at

a $50m cybersecurity software business,” that “taught

Palo Alto Networks and one half of the

me commercialisation and corporate leadership.”

team behind the Dark Mode podcast. It’s a role far from her youthful ambition.

FOCUSSED AMBITION

“When I left school I wanted to be a

With such an impressive list of achievements, it is

professional soccer player,” she says.

perhaps not surprising Marzano cites the most important decision in her career journey as being “to

However, she did manage to fulfil that goal, playing

be purposeful about who I want to become and what

until recently in Melbourne Victory’s women’s team.

I want to achieve in my life.”

Along the journey to her current roles, which are two of many, she managed to fit in a significant stint

It is also hardly surprising she regards individualism

in the military, where her interest in cybersecurity

as “the most important tenet for success.” Her advice

originated.

to anyone aspiring to a role like hers is “Figure out what interests you the most and execute well to

Marzano spent seven years in the Australian Army

get there.”

as a combat engineering officer where, she says, she “became incredibly curious about technology and its

The biggest influences on her highly focussed career

impact on humanity, so was inspired to transition

journey have been “learning from other people and

into the corporate sector.” She also gained the

being curious about the future through various

distinction of being the first female combat diver in

mediums and literature.”

the Australian Defence Force. Marzano confesses to reading an inordinate number Before joining Palo Alto Networks Marzano was

of books and consuming lots of content around

business manager cybersecurity and, later, head of

topics of interest. “As an interpersonal learner I then

cybersecurity at NextGen Group, an IT value added

like to take what I’ve learnt and hear from other

services company founded in 2011 by Oracle when it

people’s perspectives, both in private and public

asked then group CEO John Walters to set up a new

forums,” she says.

Australian distributor. In this role, she says, she “built

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Lessons from the AWSN Leader Forums

3min
pages 116-117

your compass

2min
pages 114-115

The evolution of CREST

3min
pages 112-113

A camel is a horse designed by committee: achieving genuine collaboration in cybersecurity

6min
pages 104-107

Bayanihan for International Women’s Day

4min
pages 96-97

Improving security together

2min
pages 102-103

Talking privacy

6min
pages 92-95

Entering the cyber world at a more mature age

14min
pages 80-87

Transposing consumer partnerships from the bedside to the client meeting

4min
pages 78-79

Every voice deserves to be heard

15min
pages 72-77

Relationships: essential for career success

6min
pages 68-71

How do we attract women into cybersecurity, and retain them?

7min
pages 64-67

Should you take your teen’s device as punishment?

22min
pages 60-63

working parents

7min
pages 56-59

The education question

3min
pages 54-55

Cybersecurity: it’s a hybrid team sport

4min
pages 52-53

We are all just bricks

2min
pages 46-47

Aicha Bouichou

3min
pages 44-45

Parul Mittal

11min
pages 38-43

Sarah Box

5min
pages 36-37

Angela Hall

3min
pages 20-21

Monica Zhu

7min
pages 30-33

Aastha Sahni

4min
pages 22-23

Sarah Gilbert

5min
pages 34-35

Pooja Shimpi

7min
pages 26-29

to fighting cybercrime

1min
pages 14-15

Gabe Marzano

3min
pages 24-25

Aparna Sundararajan

7min
pages 16-19
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