Alla has always championed resilience and self-reliance. While still in college, she supplemented her stipend by interpreting for international organizations entering the former Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Her work took her to the most remote corners of the newly independent states, where she witnessed the uphill struggle of nations trying to build democracy from scratch. What stayed with her wasn’t just the hardship—it was the grit and determination of people rebuilding their futures, and the growing role of technology in both opening borders and securing national data. That mindset drew her to tech, and eventually, cybersecurity…

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