Samantha Giska
Cybersecurity Manager & Strategist | Risk Management | CISA & Security+ Certified
- Role
- Managing Security Consultant at IBM
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Samantha Giska
Cybersecurity leader with 7+ years of experience designing and executing enterprise security strategies for large-scale federal and defense environments. I specialize in translating complex cyber risk into clear, executive-ready decisions bridging the gap between technical operations and organizational strategy. I’ve led cyber teams supporting DoD services, including the U.S. Army and Department of the Air Force, reducing cyber risk, creating and implementing cyber strategy and policy, as well as testing innovative technological solutions to continue improvement security and monitoring. I’m passionate about my work as it lives at the intersection of policy, people, and technology.Georgetown University, M.S. Cybersecurity Risk Management | CISA | CySA+| Security+
Experience
Managing Security Consultant
Jan 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Education
Central Valley High School
High School
2010 — 2014
Penn State University
Bachelor’s Degree, Security & Risk Analysis Minor: Information Sciences & Technology
2014 — 2018
Skills
- Spss
- Wireshark
- Customer Service
- Analyst Notebook
- Python
- Databases
- Association Charts
- Research
- Analytical Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
- Information Security
- Powerpoint
- Cryptography
- Teamwork
- Management
- Sql
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Arcmap
- Communication
- Leadership
- Teaching
- Cashiering
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