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My name is Terri Reardon.

I'm a senior threat analyst and shift lead on the VMware Carbon Black managed detection team. I was always fascinated with hacking. I am a big gamer. I've always been interested in things like forensics. That's one of the reasons why I was interested in getting a degree in biology with a focus on genetics. Looking at cybersecurity,

I was noticing some parallels with forensics on both a biological level and then also on a digital

level. So that was something that really drew me in as well.

I started with my degree in information technology.

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