The People Behind C3 | Episode 5, Part 1: Jessica Owens

Jessica Owens, C3’s Tier 2 SOC Analyst shares practical advice with individuals looking to get into cybersecurity.

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About this Episode

In this episode of The People Behind C3, Jessica Owens, Tier 2 SOC Analyst at C3 Integrated Solutions, shares practical advice with individuals looking to get into cybersecurity.

About the Series

The People Behind C3 is an episodic series that offers a glimpse into the diverse and talented individuals at the heart of C3 Integrated Solutions, the Defense Industry’s leading managed services provider. Through insightful interviews, this series humanizes the complex world of cybersecurity and CMMC compliance, revealing the human stories that drive our mission forward. Join us as we showcase the expertise and passion that make C3 a trusted partner in securing the nation’s most critical information.

Transcript:

My name is Jessica, and this is The People Behind C3.

We’re going to break it down into like three things. Like A, don’t limit yourself. And this applies to your capacity to grow, not like your time management. You absolutely have to learn time management or you’re going to burn out soon and you’re going to burn out often.

And B, you’re going to learn how to separate crippling doubt from reality. There’s always that devil on your shoulder who says, like, oh, you know, like, I can’t do this, or should I be here or that sort of thing? And you really need to separate that, from the reality saying, I might not be where I want to be today.

But I’m going to be there tomorrow, right? I don’t care how long it takes. Like I am going to be where I want to be. And C, don’t worry about people who are going to go out of their way to say no to you or to really, be disparaging, in a room and make you feel small when you’re in a room with them.

Because at the end of the day, if you are able to really utilize A and B, you’re going to leave that room and they’re still going to be in it, and that’s just what’s going to happen, right? So like don’t don’t pay any mind to that nonsense. Just keep going.

Meet the Author

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C3 accelerates CMMC cybersecurity compliance by designing, implementing, and managing IT & cybersecurity solutions purpose-built for the U.S. Defense Industrial Base. C3 offers a wide range of compliance-centric managed IT services—from targeted services customized to fit within a client’s existing environment to our C3 Suite of CMMC Solutions, including C3 Command, a packaged and fully managed purpose-built solution to meet CMMC Level 2 compliance requirements.

A leading provider of Microsoft 365 GCC High and Azure Government, C3 is a leading AOS-G Partner, a CMMC Registered Provider Organization (RPO), and one of the few companies to successfully support the DIBCAC assessment of a CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO).