明矾利用在凯特林学到的技能 加强车辆网络安全
克里斯汀·潘科(2016年，EE/ME) wanted a job that allowed her to apply her technical skills to serve the needs of others. 她在通用汽车公司找到了那份工作.
“I needed to find work that allowed my heart to steer while letting my brain handle the logistics,”她说。. “Ultimately, I landed a role w在这里 I could protect both a customer’s privacy and physical safety.”
Pankow has worked as a cybersecurity engineer since 2017. 作为网络安全渗透测试工程师, 她会寻找汽车的漏洞, 帮助开发安全威胁, and find practical mitigations or remediations for vehicle cyber issues.
“这是一份令人满意的工作，”她说. “I love the amount of creativity required to address new vehicle cybersecurity risks and the extent to which security threat development calls for unconventional thinking.”
最近, Pankow started a different role but has been able to leverage learnings from her past position. 正如她指出的, “vehicles are becoming more and more software-driven which continues to broaden the number of threat vectors and reinforces the need for cybersecurity professionals.”
Although she didn’t have a background in cybersecurity, Pankow说 she leaned on her background in electrical engineering as well as her ability to handle ambiguity coupled with condensed timelines, 这些都是她在凯特林学到的.
“Kettering brings with it a lot of teaching moments and helped me to forge a strong sense of discipline to see my short and long term goals through to the end,潘科说. While working to earn her two engineering degrees, she emphasized how her undergraduate experience humbled her with a sense of humility.
因为网络攻击者将永远存在, she said the need for more people in her field will always be t在这里. 编程知识, 网络, wireless communications and embedded hardware are useful for the job, Pankow说.
正规的赌博app Computer Science Department Chair Dr. Michael Farmer agreed with Pankow’s assessment of the job market in this field.
“你永远不会找不到工作的，”他说. “到处都会有工作机会. T在这里 are always people trying to do something they’re not supposed to do. It’s going to be one of those careers that’s 在这里 forever.”
在凯特林, students can minor in cybersecurity while computer science students can earn a concentration in it. 类包括密码学, 计算机和网络安全, 网络取证, 以及无线和移动安全.
Farmer said the University hopes to add penetration testing and ethical hacking classes, which fall in line with the type of work Pankow was doing at GM. He also wants to start hacking competitions in which teams try to break into one another’s systems.
“这对学生来说会很有趣, and we can invite other schools to compete against us,农夫说.
He said interest in cybersecurity has been steadily increasing along with artificial intelligence. He compared computer science and its related fields to football.
“It’s kind of like football in that you want an offense and defense,农夫说. “网络安全是事物的防御方面, but a lot of computer science people are on the offense by developing things.”
Pankow’s advice for students interested in the cybersecurity field is to explore the hidden treasures offered at Kettering ranging anyw在这里 from scholarships to 网络.
“是的, 我们来自一所小型大学, but one that homes opportunities just waiting for you to find them,”她说。. She mentioned that alumni offer a plethora of information about new and upcoming technology as well as valuable skills needed in the industry. “Kettering helped to reinforce that you get to lead the charge when it comes to your career,潘科说. “在我上学和工作期间, I had great mentors as well as professors that encouraged me to stretch far outside of what I thought I was capable of. This instilled mindset has followed me into the workplace.”
The learning doesn’t stop for Pankow as she takes on a new role at GM as an Embedded Software Platform Engineer for the Software-Defined Vehicle. She advises students to embrace change and don’t shy away from the unknown.
“When changing roles, your work life can change drastically,潘科说. “Your responsibilities, co-workers, hours, job site and the required skills will likely be different. Welcome the opportunity to grow and further develop yourself.”
