Career Confidence What it REALLY Takes to TRANSFORM your Career with Mone Vines [Confidence Replay]
Sep 14, 2025
Mone Vines, a Cyber Security Specialist with a previous 13-year career in nursing, shares her inspiring journey of transformation. She discusses how her background in nursing and the Defence Force equipped her with essential skills for cybersecurity. Mone emphasizes the importance of resilience and having a supportive network while navigating significant career changes. She also tackles challenges like imposter syndrome and the gender gap in tech, advocating for increased representation of women in this vital industry.
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Clinical Risk Skills Transfer To GRC
- Clinical skills like risk assessment, governance and advocacy map directly to GRC roles in cyber.
- Mone found governance, risk and compliance to be a natural fit because nursing already involves compliance to avoid harm.
Log Knowledge Gaps Daily
- Write daily lists of concepts you don't understand and research them after work or ask colleagues.
- Use repetition and peer help to make non-intuitive technical concepts sink in over time.
Use Mentors And Your 'Why' To Persist
- When doubts arise, reach out to mentors, peers and formal mentoring programs for perspective.
- Anchor yourself with written 'whys' and a supportive network to push through imposter moments.
