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Roselle Safran: So much opportunity. [Entrepreneur] [Career Notes]

CyberWire Daily

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4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. CEO and Founder of KeyCaliber, Roselle Safran, takes us on her circuitous career journey from startup to White House and back to startup again. With a degree in civil engineering, Roselle veered off into a more technical role at a startup and she says "caught the startup bug." After convincing a hiring manager that she could learn on the job, she transitioned to computer forensics and started on the path of cybersecurity. Roselle worked in government for the Department of Homeland Security and then to the Executive Office of the President leading all of the security operations. She jumped back into the world of startups and has stayed there. Roselle tells people interested in a career in cybersecurity to just apply. Learn as much as you can and go for it. We thank Roselle for sharing her story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.3

Hello. Hello, my name is Roselle Safran, and I am the CEO and founder of Key Calibur.

1:15.2

I think when I was in about fifth or sixth grade, I wanted to be about six different professions,

1:22.3

ranging from doctor to ballet dancer and everything in between. It wasn't until much later that I had a better understanding of where there were opportunities and what was a good fit for me.

1:30.0

My undergrad degree from Princeton is in civil engineering, specifically focused in environmental

1:36.5

engineering. And I did that for a year after school and then switched to more of a tech type role at a startup.

1:47.1

And I kind of got the bug for startups.

1:49.8

And this was dating myself here, but back at the end of the original.com boom.

1:57.1

Then I saw this really interesting position as a computer crime investigator posted for a law firm.

2:06.6

I had no backgrounds in any of the skills required, but the job sounded fascinating, and I was able to convince the hiring manager that I would learn all the skills on the job.

2:19.3

And that's what really started to take me down the cybersecurity path because I was doing computer forensics.

2:26.3

I think I was 600 and something in the world to have an end case certification.

2:32.3

And once I had that background in computer forensics,

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