Elena Scifleet is a Cyber Education Lead at Alpha Echo, a cybersecurity company in Newcastle.
Her role involves creating engaging cyber training to upskill the workforce and make a positive cyberculture change for her clients. Elena has been a part of the IT professional industry and educator for the last 20 years and has been securing environments even before cybersecurity was a hot topic.
With various technical and non-technical roles under her belt, Elena has been a key contributor to the curriculum of CyberCX Academy, an industry-led initiative that has achieved major success in growing over 160+ new cybersecurity professionals. Elena is very passionate about cyber security and works hard to demystify the concepts and make them accessible to all.
Through her work and volunteering, she is striving to increase diversity in the cybersecurity field. Elena is also a firm believer in lifelong learning, a critical skill in a fast-paced industry like cybersecurity and has just graduated from Charles Sturt University with a Master's in Cyber Security with a postgraduate medal.
Being born in Eastern Europe and fluency in the languages used in the conflict provided her with unique view on the current events that extends into the development of the cyber education content.
