
Pedro Ortega
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Concho Resources
Plano, TX USA
“Sometimes you just have to take the plunge. Like bungee jumping...once you make that jump and you’re going down, then you’ll sort out everything else.”
Concho Resources
Plano, TX USA
“Sometimes you just have to take the plunge. Like bungee jumping...once you make that jump and you’re going down, then you’ll sort out everything else.”
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
I work in threat intelligence to block security attacks on our network.
Sometimes I'll see security alerts come in and then I'll work on solutions for those reports. However, those alerts often don't come in. So, I'll spend time working in threat intelligence, which involves going through logs and network traffic and looking for things that just don't look right. A lot of times it'll be things like multiple password attempts or reviewing accounts that were locked out that end up showing you the problem and then I'll work from there to block the threat.
Here's the first step for everyone
There are a lot of different options if you want to get into IT, from cybersecurity, to programming, to becoming a chief information officer. I recommend finding a program like WGU that will give you a breadth of information in different sectors so that you're better able to figure out which path you want to go down.
"You just have to power through the hardships."