The campaign of the Democratic candidate and current vice president of the United States, Kamala Harrishas since this week with a prominent Spanish cybersecurity professional in their ranks: the hacker Soledad Antelada Toledano. Antelada has announced through a post on LinkedIn that she is joining Harris’ campaign team in the position of Deputy Director of Information Security; She will therefore be second in command in the cybersecurity hierarchy within the team.
As explained by The Knowledge Academy, this professional profile helps the head of Information Security to formulate and execute strategies to safeguard the organization from cyber threats. While the chief oversees the overall cybersecurity strategy, the deputy chief takes charge a more practical role. This includes increased involvement in daily operations, incident response, risk management and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks.
‘It is a great opportunity to power bring my cybersecurity and leadership experience to a team dedicated to creating positive change. It feels especially meaningful in many ways, but also because we are starting Hispanic Heritage Month. I look forward to working with this incredible team and supporting our shared vision of the future,’ wrote Soledad Antelada Toledano on her LinkedIn account.
The trajectory of the hacker Soledad Antelada
His family is of Spanish origin, but had emigrated to Argentina during the Franco dictatorship. She was born there, in 1978and his family returned to Spainfleeing the Argentine dictatorship, when he was 4 years old.
He grew up in Spain and graduated in Computer Systems Engineering in the University of Malaga. She began working as a programmer for the emergency services of the autonomous communities of Cantabria and Andalusia and later he did it in the emergency system of Luandain Angola.
In 2010 he traveled to the United States to carry out a master’s degree in cybersecurity at the City College of San Francisco he specialized her as a hacker; ethical, yes. The skills learned allowed him to become the first woman and person of Hispanic origin to work for the prestigious Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It belongs to the United States Department of Energy and no less than 13 Nobel Prize winners have passed through it.
After finishing his time in the laboratory, he was at Google as Technical Security Program Manager of the Office of the Director of Information Securitya position that he has now abandoned to dedicate himself to Kamala Harris’ campaign.
Antelada has just enrolled in Law and last May saw the publication of his first book, ‘Cybersecurity Lessons from Gaps in the Real World. Protecting critical infrastructure’, which has been a success in its sector. She is also founder of Girls Can Hacka non-profit organization that works for women in technology and cybersecurity.