My first job experience was actually an internship with Homeland Security, which I did while I was still going to school. Then I did an internship with the City of Seattle in their information security office. What I learned in the certificate program was directly pertinent to the work I did in my internships. The governance and information security policy material was especially useful.
My first position here was a policy-level job with the National Coordinating Center for Communications. I worked on disaster recovery and business continuity policy and planning, which was covered in depth in the certificate program curriculum.
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