When you start off with your first company, you are learning as part of the process and you make mistakes. The important thing is to recover quickly and learn from the experience.

Even beginning to teach cybersecurity awareness at an early age can pique the interest of future researchers, engineers, and administrators.

Fortinet was founded in 2000 with the goal of making an impactful change in the network security space.

Working with higher education institutions can also help to aid cybersecurity professionals who are already in the workforce. Programs like these can help to move the industry forward by building rigorous and universally accepted certifications and changing expectations of what a security expert can and should be.

I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.

Music has been so healing in my life, so the fact that my music could be that for someone else is the best gift of my whole career. People have told me that they got married to my music, divorced to my music, and played my music while they were having their baby.

The biggest challenge being an entrepreneur is knowing what you are good at and what you need to build on.

What I like to wear, I do myself. I don't know how that sounds, but it's the truth. My life is so mixed with my profession that I don't know where I begin or my work ends.