Meet Nadine!
Hi, I’m Nadine Rozell! I grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. I majored in psychology and foreign languages at George Mason University before moving to Charlottesville, Virginia, for grad school. I met my husband here, and we live in the scenic little town of Crozet in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, not far out from Charlottesville. The Shenandoah National Park is a short drive away. I love exploring the hiking trails here and spending time with our dog, an Australian Shepherd named Boo.
Tell us a surprising fact about yourself…
I speak Italian, and I’m quite passionate about language learning! I started learning Italian as a hobby during the COVID lockdowns. I ended up really falling in love with the language and the self-driven learning process. Learning a language is a joy; it lends a sense of discovery to your life. The more you learn, the less you feel like you know. It’s a journey without a finish line, which makes it endlessly enthralling.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
I would want the ability to stop time. I’d love to have as much time as possible in life to pursue my interests, catch up on TV shows, and read all the books I keep buying without having finished the ones I already have…
What are some things you enjoy doing outside of work?
I enjoy hiking, reading, baking, traveling, hanging out with my dog, and spending time with friends and family.
Tell us about your role at Rhymetec…
I’ve been at Rhymetec for 6 months, and my main focus is content marketing. At a high level, I see my job as humanizing our brand and creating good experiences for anyone engaging with our website or socials. I like to think of a company’s website as its red carpet; it’s often one of the very first impressions someone will have of your brand. You want people to have a memorable first impression and feel welcome. You want them to be engaged and come away feeling like their time spent on your site was respected and well-spent. There’s a proliferation of inauthentic and filler content for marketing and SEO purposes online nowadays, and people see through that. When creating content, it’s important to think about the experience of the audience and empathize with their interests and pain points.
I enjoy the challenge of doing this in a field as fast-moving as cybersecurity. I’m always striving to improve my knowledge of the industry in order to craft better content, and Rhymetec as a company supports that goal and encourages a culture of continuous learning. What I love about working here is the dynamic environment of a company that is constantly innovating, with leadership and management that encourage growth and collaboration.
Why did you pursue a career in the cybersecurity industry?
I didn’t set out to pursue cybersecurity marketing as a career, but I’m happy to have found this field! I’ve been in cybersecurity marketing for 4 years, and from the beginning, I found that my prior experience in research and writing lent well to this career path. Plus, I’m thrilled to work at a company with a meaningful mission that makes it easy to feel like your work has a positive impact. Organizations like Rhymetec help improve the privacy and security of organizations and individuals. This is an extremely important task. On the marketing side, bringing attention to these issues is both embedded in and a natural byproduct of the work through initiatives like PR, webinars, and all aspects of content marketing.
What is your favorite part about working at Rhymetec, or in the cybersecurity industry?
What fascinates me about cybersecurity is that the field represents an intersection of technology and human psychology. When you think about things like security awareness training, the need to tailor how security policies are communicated to different audiences, using behavioral analytics to detect anomalies, how social engineering attacks manipulate behavior, the “human risk factor” that no technology can fully mitigate, and how people make decisions under stress – you can see how psychology underpins many facets of cybersecurity.
I studied psychology in college and grad school, and seeing the areas in which these two seemingly divergent fields overlap is fascinating. Cybersecurity is one of the fields that blurs the lines between technology and ‘softer’ sciences in ways that are often unexpected, and I find that exciting.
What is the best advice you have ever received?
My dad once told me, “The grass isn’t greener on the other side; it’s greener where you water it.” Don’t spend your life daydreaming about the ‘what ifs’ and ‘what could be.’ Funnel your energy into cultivating the good things that are right in front of you.
From a security or compliance perspective, what advice would you give to a potential client or SaaS business?
Choose your experts wisely, and then defer to them. Cybersecurity is a complex field whose trajectory is in constant flux based on emerging threats, current events, and new technologies. It’s therefore critical to partner with experts who are not only experienced and technically skilled, but also work hard to stay apprised of changes in the industry. Seek out experts who are genuinely passionate about working in this fast-paced industry and are continuously upskilling as the field changes.
Our subject matter experts at Rhymetec embody these characteristics and are constantly working to adapt our services to reflect shifts in the industry. For example, we are one of the first companies to offer readiness services for ISO 42001, a new framework that addresses the risks posed by AI.