Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Interview with Shannon Smith, Armory Security Compliance Manager

Oct 4, 2021 by Armory

Shannon Smith joined Armory at the start of 2021 to oversee our SOC-2 compliance audit readiness and to generally help the company prepare for the challenges of taking on various compliance standards. Following up on her appearance in our recent panel discussion, CompOps: How Compliance Operations Help Dev Orgs Conquer Increasing Regulatory Hurdles, I circled back with Shannon for a 1:1 chat to start Cybersecurity Awareness month off on the right note!

In this brief interview, Shannon shares insight about a wide range of topics from personal insight to professional words of wisdom, including:


https://youtu.be/shZG3QKkEMs

Check out the interview to hear Shannon dig into each of these topics in-depth—and to learn about her surprising original career aspirations prior to entering the compliance audit space.

Stay tuned for more content coming as a part of Armory’s participation in Cybersecurity Awareness month!

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