Seidea's Spotlight

In this episode of Seidea Spotlight, host Stephanie Itimi sits down with Maria Macaloney, Executive Director of Talent Acquisition at Teradata, to discuss the key elements of leadership, career transitions, and the power of mentorship. Maria shares her journey from an ambitious young professional to an international leader, navigating diverse work environments across Europe, Asia, and beyond. She opens up about overcoming challenges, building resilience, and why believing in yourself is essential for success. 🌟 Key topics include: * The importance of mentorship and community in leadership. * How to navigate career pivots and international roles * Balancing data-driven hiring with the human touch * Overcoming imposter syndrome and self-doubt * Practical advice for women aspiring to leadership roles Maria also shares her personal mantra: "I know I am great." A reminder to all women striving for leadership—you belong at the table! 🔗 Connect with us at Seidea on LinkedIn and Seideasi on Instagram for more inspiring career stories! 🎧 Listen now and step into your greatness! 🚀✨

In the words of Nicola Owen, The deputy chief executive of Lancaster University: “Students have been remarkably resilient. They’ve made the best of what has been a challenging period for them, and I think they have really appreciated efforts that have been made [by the university], seen that we’ve innovated as we’ve gone along, and participated in that innovation.” In this podcast we are joined by Faith Teberen, discussiing her career journey, transition from economics to cybersecurity amd how she was able to remain resillent as a graduate during the COVID-19 era. Speaker Profile: Faith has a degree in Business and Economics, and has experience working in the cyber security industry, networking, and assisting with the daily operations and marketing duties. Faith is passionate about helping female entrepreneurs thrive in today’s economy, and she plans on sharing her knowledge from her degree and her work experience with female entrepreneurs who are on their path to success. Faith has also helped sustainable start-up companies with their social media presence, and project management. Faith hopes to one day see these start-ups reach their goal and as a result inspire more women to start businesses within different industries.

The cyberthreats facing electric-power and gas companies include the typical threats that plague other industries: data theft, billing fraud, and ransomware. However, several characteristics of the energy sector heighten the risk and impact of cyberthreats against utilities. In this episode, we are joined with Sherifah Lahan, a Government Policy Adviser with a background in national security policy to discuss the regulatory perspective of this space.  About Speaker:  Sherifah Lahan is a Government Policy Adviser with a background in national security policy. She is currently a cyber security policy Adviser with a focus on ensuring the cyber resilience of the UK energy supply. She focuses on ensuring that risks to critical infrastructure are scoped and appropriate mitigations are established by the supply sector and Government.  You connect with Sherifah via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayowa-sherifah-lahan-2613571b8  [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayowa-sherifah-lahan-2613571b8 ] _______________  About Seidea:  Seidea is a career development platform with a social mission to diversify the cybersecurity industry. Our goal is to break down barriers for Black and Minority Ethnic women and help them start their cybersecurity careers through industry events and coaching. We also work with employers to provide work experience programs.  Company Website: https://www.seidea.org/  [https://www.seidea.org/ ] Follow Seidea on socials:  https://twitter.com/Seideasi  [https://twitter.com/Seideasi ] https://www.instagram.com/seideasi/ [https://www.instagram.com/seideasi/]

A resilient enterprise is able to recover its key business services from a significant unplanned disruption, protecting its customers, shareholders and ultimately the integrity of the financial system. Avoiding disruption to a particular system that supports a business service contributes to operational resilience.  Speaker Profile:  Pranathi is an experienced technology risk and cyber consultant with demonstrated experience serving global financial services organizations. She works to support her clients navigate technology and operational risks, while helping clients create long-term value and achieve resilience. She is also heavily involved in the corporate sustainability and Diversity and Inclusion agendas.  Within the industry, Pranathi has been recognized as a TechWomen100 Winner (2019) by WeAreTechWomen and internally, as the EY Race & Ethnicity Network Rising Star (2020). Pranathi earned a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science from King’s College London. She is a Certified ISO 27001 Lead Implementor and holds the Certificate of Business Accounting from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

In this episode we sit down with three Nigerian Cybersecurity Experts, Sophie, Eyitemi and Yomi to talk about the #EndSars Movement and also provide security tips on ways Online and Offline protestors in the movement can increase their privacy and counter surveillance. What is the #EndSars Movement? End SARS or #EndSARS is a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria. The slogan calls for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuses. The protests which takes its name from the slogan started in 2017 as a Twittercampaign using the hashtag #ENDSARS to demand the disbanding of the unit by the Nigerian government. After experiencing a revitalisation in October 2020 following more revelations of the abuses of the unit, mass demonstrationsoccurred throughout the major cities of Nigeria, accompanied by vociferous outrage on social media platforms. About 28 million tweets bearing the hashtag have been accumulated on Twitter alone. What happened on October 20th 2020? On the night of 20 October 2020, at about 6:50 p.m, members of the Nigerian Armed Forces opened fire on peaceful End SARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria. The number of casualties is still unknown. However, there have been complaints about missing persons (friends and family members), and a few were confirmed to be hospitalized. After visiting hospitalized casualties a day after the incident (21 October 2020), the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-olu, initially denied any loss of life by gunfire, but later admitted that two persons were killed. Amnesty International stated that at least 12 protesters were killed in what the organisation described as "extrajudicial executions". HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP IN THE UK? 1. Partake in a protest (albeit at a social distance) Protests will hit Britain starting from this weekend in London and across the country. Find out more at @endsarsuk , ensure social distancing measures and keep safe. 2. Write to your MP Find out who your local MP is and send them a letter via the Write To Them website, urging them to condemn the brutality of Nigeria’s radical unrest. 3. Follow commendable sources (please factcheck) 4. Sign petitions