TAMUC Alumna Featured by eChannelNEWS as Cybersecurity Leader
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eChannelNEWS recently featured A&M-Commerce alumna Tiffany Ricks in its Women in Tech interview series. Ricks is the founder and CEO of HacWare, Inc, an award-winning cybersecurity startup providing AI-powered cybersecurity education to help security teams combat phishing attacks.
With over 15 years of experience in the software and cybersecurity industry, Ricks has been recognized as an inspirational leader in Dallas by D CEO for 2023, a 2022 Dallas Business Journal Women in Technology award winner, and a 2021 Innovator in Cybersecurity finalist by D Magazine.
Ricks earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Texas Christian University and a Master of Science in Management from A&M-Commerce.
Photo Credit: Tiffany Ricks LinkedIn
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