https://rishipalyadav.github.io/tags/personal/Recent content in Personal on Rishipal Yadav · not your CISOHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Rishipal YadavWed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://rishipalyadav.github.io/posts/my-cybersecurity-journey/Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://rishipalyadav.github.io/posts/my-cybersecurity-journey/<blockquote><p><em>This article was originally published in the <a href="https://www.isc2.org/Insights/2022/05/Journey-Into-Cybersecurity-Conversations-with-Cyber-Newcomers-Part-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">(ISC)² blog</a> and cross-posted on <a href="https://notyourciso.medium.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">not your CISO</a> on Medium. <a href="https://notyourciso.medium.com/my-cybersecurity-journey-f3260df7541" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Read the full post →</a></em></p> </blockquote><p>I found my first position at a college placement fair. I began working as a software engineer building a digital security platform at HSBC — designing the backend for secure authentication and authorisation for mobile banking apps. It was more of a software development job, but I had to learn a lot about security concepts to actually do it well.</p>