CISO Conversations: James Robinson – Many Jobs, One Journey to Netskope CISO
At school James Robinson was more sporty than STEM, but after school he rose from the track to cybersecurity leader at Netskope.
The journey to becoming a CISO
The young James Robinson attended a small high school in Central Illinois and describes himself as ‘more sporty than STEM’: “I wasn’t going to knock it out of the park in the English class – but luckily the English teacher was also the track coach, so that helped.” In his final year in high school, the principal suggested going on to something vocational or trades-related rather than university. A friend was already in a vocational school doing electronics engineering, so he went that route. That school had just been included in the Cisco Networking Academy (NetAcad).
Robinson threw himself into NetAcad learning. “It was like the world suddenly became my oyster. There was no stopping me. I started doing networking at home,...
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