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About the Author

Annabelle Klosterman is a Cybersecurity Reporter for Cyber Defense Magazine
(CDM) and CDM’s first Women in Cybersecurity scholarship awardee. She is the
Technology Manager at First Farmers & Merchants Bank and the Co-
Founder/Program Director of the Cyber Community Club. She obtained her
Bachelors of Cyber Operations in 2022 and Master’s of Cyber Defense in 2023 at
Dakota State University. Her areas of focus are offensive and defensive security,
governance, risk and management, security consulting, program management,
and cybersecurity training/outreach.

Throughout the years, Annabelle has competed in numerous competitions and placed nationally at the
Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in 2022 and 2023 and was a national finalist in CyberPatriot in
2019 and 2020. Additionally, she earned 1st place in the 2022 Idaho National Laboratory CyberCore
CTF, and Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) CTF in 2021 and 2022. She holds SANS certifications in
Cybersecurity Technologies (GFACT), Cloud Security (GCLD), and Incident Handling (GCIH).

Annabelle has spoken on cybersecurity and career topics at various events and organizations including
US Cyber Games, RSA Conference, Secure360, Texas Cyber Summit, BSidesSATX, South Dakota
InfraGard, Civil Air Patrol, and more. Annabelle's goal is to be in a position that changes the way people
view and handle security, for their protection and safety, and the benefit of everyone. Annabelle can be
reached online at https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelleklosterman and at her website
https://www.annabelleklosterman.com/

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