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Today on Cyber Work, we welcome Gamuchirai Muchafa from Africa's CyberGirls program to discuss her journey in cybersecurity. Muchafa shares the rigorous application process for this mentorship program, her transition from a healthcare assistant to an IT professional and the importance of documentation in cybersecurity. We delve into her experiences with incident response challenges and her hands-on project involving an automated incident detection and response system. Muchafa also reflects on her aspirations and offers advice for aspiring cybersecurity professionals.

00:00 - Introduction 
02:29 - Muchafa's journey into cybersecurity
05:43 - CyberGirls program
07:03 - Programming without a laptop
08:06 - CyberGirls fellowship projects
13:07 - Incident response problem walkthrough
20:53 - Advice for cybersecurity students
24:57 - Future plans 
30:27 - Support for CyberGirls fellowship
31:37 - Outro

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