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DESCRIPTION:   'Title: You're Hired... Maybe: Inside Cybersecurity Hiring i
 n 2026\n   Tags: Blue Team Village | Creator Talk/Panel\n   When: Sunday\,
  Aug 9\, 11:00 - 11:59 PDT\n   Where: LVCCW Level 2 W217 (Blue Team Villag
 e) Main Stage - [1]Map\n\n   Description:\n   Speakers:George Scheibe\,Neh
 a Gautam\,Sherry Michael\,Siddharth Kumar\n\n   SpeakerBio:  George Scheib
 e\n\n   George received his lettermen jacket for Computer Science in high\
 n   school and has been nerding out ever since. From a Multichannel\n   Tr
 ansmission Systems Operator-Maintainer in the US Army to the sole IT\n   p
 erson for an entire resort\, George has done everything from global\n   ne
 twork monitoring in command centers to toning out sea salt corroded\n   PO
 TS lines in crawl spaces. These days though you'll fine him working\n   in
  a SOC helping to develop the next generation of cyber security\n   profes
 sionals.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Neha Gautam\n\n   Neha Gautam is a Product Man
 ager at Microsoft Security and a Carnegie\n   Mellon graduate specializing
  in the intersection of Identity and AI.\n   From scaling platforms at Wal
 mart to securing agentic AI at Microsoft\,\n   Neha’s mission is to tran
 slate complex security hurdles into\n   seamless product experiences. She 
 is a passionate mentor for women in\n   tech and a frequent volunteer for 
 WiCyS and Defcon Blue Team Village.\n   Neha believes that the future of c
 omputing must be built by diverse\n   perspectives—a philosophy she cham
 pions whether she's designing\n   enterprise governance or coaching early-
 career professionals.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Sherry Michael\n\n   Sherry Micha
 el is the security technical director for Information\n   systems and comp
 uting at the University of Pennsylvania\, a prestigious\n   Ivy League uni
 versity and research institution in Philadelphia. With\n   more than thirt
 y years of experience in information technology and\n   over twelve years 
 focused on cybersecurity\, Sherry brings deep\n   expertise in securing co
 mplex enterprise environments and fostering\n   cross team collaboration. 
 In addition to technical leadership\n   responsibilities\, Sherry serves o
 n hiring panels for a wide range of\n   technical positions and acts as a 
 hiring officer. She is passionate\n   about identifying and developing the
  next generation of technology and\n   security professionals.\n\n   Speak
 erBio:  Siddharth Kumar\n\n   Siddharth Kumar is the Offensive Security Le
 ad at Ethical Intruder. He\n   breaks into enterprise environments for a l
 iving\, following attack\n   paths through Active Directory\, cloud infras
 tructure\, web\n   applications\, and occasionally the strange world of op
 erational\n   technology. Previously\, he led red team operations at EY an
 d earned a\n   master’s degree in information security from Carnegie Mel
 lon\n   University. Siddharth is particularly interested in identity attac
 ks\,\n   advanced Web/API exploitation\, adversary tradecraft\, and the sm
 all\n   security oversights that lead to very large compromises. When he i
 s\n   not breaking into things professionally\, he enjoys helping other\n 
   security practitioners develop their technical skills and navigate\n   c
 areers in offensive security.\n\n   '\n\n   1. #LVCCW_Level2_North\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:You're Hired... Maybe: Inside Cybersecurity Hiring in 2026
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