Amanda is an award-winning Quality Assurance Engineer and manager with 11 years of experience across multiple industries. She has always been passionate about Information Security and decided to make the career transition in 2020. Having been selected for the inaugural NextCISO cybersecurity apprenticeship program, Amanda graduated with a thorough knowledge of GRC and the highest CCSK pass score. After engineering her way into her first dedicated GRC role, she has returned to GRCIE as a cybersecurity analyst, educator, and mentor.