Amela Gjishti

Amela Gjishti is a highly accomplished cybersecurity professional with an academic background in computer science and politics and technology. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Tennessee Technological University and her Master's degree in Politics and Technology at Technical University of Munich.

Amela has a wealth of experience in the cybersecurity industry, including stints as a Cybersecurity Education Research and Outreach Center student worker, a Cybersecurity Intern, and a Cybersecurity Architect at Bank of America. She has also served as Vice President and Scholarship Committee member at Women in Cybersecurity and as a Researcher at Fortiss.

Amela's professional interests include exploring the intersection of politics, ethics, policy, and social impact in cybersecurity. She believes that technology and its innovations must be properly used and include consideration for sociopolitical and ethical implications.