Is GRC the Back Door Into Cyber? Irina’s Air Force to GRC Story
What if the way into cybersecurity isn’t through the command line? Irina spent six years in the Air Force maintaining equipment around nuclear weapons. When she decided to move into cyber, a SkillBridge bootcamp put her in Linux, STIGs, and hands-on labs every day. She understood the material. She didn’t enjoy it. A Simply Cyber video introduced her to GRC, and it clicked. She had been managing risk, compliance, and regulations her entire military career. Four months later she had two offers and took a remote information security analyst role, where she learned to translate military risk thinking into business language. Irina and Danny talk through how she grew her LinkedIn network from 300 to over 2,000 people before landing that role, why ignored messages shouldn’t bruise your ego, the burnout and identity shift that come with leaving the military, and her pivot into cybersecurity marketing, where practitioner knowledge is rare. They close on LLMs: a useful tool, a risky crutch, and why Irina is confident AI won’t replace GRC, SOC, or offensive security roles. Resources mentioned Simply Cyber (YouTube and GRC Masterclass) DoD SkillBridge program MilMentor TryHackMe, TCM Security, Hack The Box Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger Support the show Support the Channel - Click the bell to have notifications, like & subscribe! Buy Me Coffee - https://shorturl.at/jKMSX Social Media – Follow us on: TikTok Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554884934328 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inclusivecyberpodcast/ Audio: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6HNQQVKvsCRo2J095Kyc8G Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inclusive-cyber-unlocking-dei-in-cybersecurity/id1686041111 Website - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2183707 Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/594cca7a-726d-43fe-b94e-36291566e9d8/inclusive-cyber-unlocking-dei-in-cybersecurity Music: Music by Cryptochronica and Worlds Apart featuring Vtizzel; Song: Gunz Blazin' Music: Used with permission: Artist: Thunderwolf X Words Apart, Song: Cybernetix...






