Entrepreneur inspires youth to follow cybersecurity career path

摘要

When more than 150 hackers descended on the Waikato in July for the final competition of the University of Waikato's Cyber Security Challenge 2021, one young Hamilton-based entrepreneur was there to cheer them on and encourage them towards a career in cybersecurity.Ankita Dhakar, MD of Hamilton-based SecurityLit, who established her business just 18 months ago, is passionate about making cybersecurity easy for businesses big or small and positioning cybersecurity as a rewarding job.After moving to New Zealand from India in 2015 Ankita saw a gap in the market to provide organisations with affordable cybersecurity services. Since then, she's attracted nine team members who support businesses all around the world.