Jennifer Swann - Great Leaders Don't Just Manage Teams - They Build Them

"Jennifer Swann had a part-time job in college as a Teller for the Bank of America and while in this role, her eyes were opened to the realities of data protection. "It taught me about sensitivity of data and information," Swann reflects. "Obviously, being a bank teller, you're dealing with accounts, and every account is sensitive.""

"While this part-time role introduced Swann to the world of information security, it wasn't until she joined PNC as an Infrastructure Engineer that she gained her first true foothold into the world of security. "It gave me the foundation of working in security, even though I wasn't in a traditional SOC," Swann says."

"After almost three years in that role, Swann joined the Northrop Grumman Corporation as a Cyber Intelligence Analyst. "There, I really went into the cybersecurity realm - like focused only on cybersecurity - and started as a SOC analyst. And from there, I saw I had a strong passion for incident response," Swann recalls. "In the SOC, you're the first to say, 'Hey, we see something weird.' But incident responders get to go and act. And that that was something I was really interested in.""

"Getting to go into an organization and build teams - I think that's probably my biggest success story so far. "I really, really enjoyed it," Swann remarks. Eventually, Swann made her way to Bloomberg News as the Senior Manager of Threat Response before shifting to Bloomberg Industry Group as the Director of Information Security. Here, Swann was given the opportunity to branch out beyond incident response. "I was director of this program that was not just incident response, but product security, vulnerability management, cloud infrastructure security, and more," Swann explains."

Jennifer Swann began her career as a bank teller, where she learned the sensitivity of accounts and the importance of protecting data. A role as an Infrastructure Engineer at PNC provided foundational security experience even outside a traditional SOC. Swann then became a Cyber Intelligence Analyst at Northrop Grumman, moved into SOC work, and developed a passion for incident response. She later served as an Incident Response Analyst at Under Armour, built teams, and advanced to senior roles at Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Industry Group, overseeing incident response, product security, vulnerability management, and cloud infrastructure security.

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