Who is Alyssa Miller?
Alyssa Miller is a hacker, security researcher, advocate, and international public speaker with over 15 years of experience in cyber security. She believes that in today’s inter-connected world, protecting privacy and building trust with secure systems are critical to protecting our way of life. As a result, she discusses real-world issues that that affect people both within and outside the security community.
From Hobby to Career
From a young age, she has enjoyed exploring and deconstructing technology to learn more about how it works. At 12 years-old, she bought her first computer. From that $1,000 purchase, she launched a hobby that would later become her career. Just seven years later, she was hired to her first full-time salary job as a programmer.
As her career solidified, her natural curiosity continued to drive her development. After serving as a lead programmer for years, she transitioned to a penetration testing role. It wasn’t long before she took on leadership of the team, and oversaw vulnerability management for the entire organization. Since that time, she’s continued to develop both her technical and business skills. As a consultant, she has worked closely with business leaders to build enterprise security programs. To this day, she continues to focus on developing strategies for securing technology systems, devices, and applications.
Alyssa has been featured in the following industry media:
- Conversations with Bacon Podcast
- Security Sandbox Podcast
- The Human Factor Podcast
- Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast
Contributing to the Security Community
Alyssa is also passionate that doing better in security begins with sharing knowledge and learning from each other. She regularly presents her perspectives through public speaking engagements. She speaks at various industry conferences, vendor and customer hosted events, and non-security related events. Alyssa’s mission is to improve all aspects of the security community. Therefore, her topics range from technical to strategic to higher level community and policy issues.
Alyssa is a a member of Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS) Racial Equity Committee. Additionally, she participates in other organizations designed to build a more welcoming and cooperative culture in security. As a member of ISACA, Alyssa currently holds a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification. She is available for public speaking engagements of all types. Use the Contact form on this website if you’re interested in having Alyssa speak at your event.