Lola Obamehinti - eBay Cybersecurity Force to be Reckoned with; Security Awareness Advocate; Mixing Tech & Fashion

The CISO Diaries

Lola Obamehinti has a background in journalism and technology. Lola is Business Ethics Officer, Security Awareness & Training Lead at eBay.

She graduated with a BA in Journalism from SMU and obtained an MS in Information Science from UNT in 2017. Currently, Lola is the Global Information Security Training & Communications Lead and a Business Ethics Officer at eBay. She is also the Founder of Nigerian Techie and the Founder of the Tech with Style club on Clubhouse where she hosts daily discussions about tech, culture and current events as well as manage the club's online community of over 1,400 members. Additionally, she is a freelance TV Host and keynote speaker who specializes in discussing travel, finance and technology topics. Some of the media outlets she has been featured in are The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance, Salesforce Trailhead LIVE, Silicon Valley Business Journal, and Cybercrime Magazine. She is also passionate about creating opportunities for historically excluded individuals in the tech industry.

Highlights

0:00 – Introductions and Backgrounds

• Long round of way getting into cybersecurity with an undergrad degree in journalism
• Received graduate degree in Information Science with specialist in Cybersecurity

4:05 – eBay Responsibilities

• Security awareness and communications working with CISO and CIO frequently and Chief Compliance Officer
• Recently named Business Ethics Officer for the organization - have to have executive presence to relate to the different levels of others

7:18 – Only "black woman on my team"

8:18 – Perspectives on D&I

• "D&I is not just a position - companies, especially tech companies need a clear roadmap to hire more historically excluded individuals - we are not really minorities, we are the global majority, into positions and create a path to executive levels."

11:16 – Authentic Self and Females in Cybersecurity

• Started Tech with Style on Clubhouse because of a WSJ article she was featured in to change the narrative of women in the tech industry.
• "I model on the side"

21:32 – Next in Lola's Purview

• Devoting her time to growing Tech and Style on Clubhouse - 1600 members (at the time of this recording) and started in April 2021
• Always thinking of new and innovative ways to make information security relevant and at the forefront of employees' minds

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolaobamehinti/

Fall 2021 Issue of North Texan (Alumni Magazine for University of North Texas): The Boys Club Gets a Reboot – https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2021-fall/boys-club-gets-reboot