Courtney Jackson is the CEO of Paragon Cyber Solutions, a Tampa-based cybersecurity solutions provider. If Courtney’s name sounds familiar, that may be because she was named the Global 2022 Cybersecurity Woman Entrepreneur of the Year! In addition, Courtney is a 2023 BusinessWoman of the Year honoree and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where she was introduced to the world of cyber and IT.

​In this episode of No Password Required, Courtney joins Carlton Fields’ Jack Clabby and KnowBe4’s Kayley Melton to talk about her path to becoming a CEO, the resources that she wished she’d had when starting her career in this industry, how she uses a cybersecurity apprenticeship program approved by the Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs and SkillBridge to fill her growing team with talent, and the “one” family-night game that brings out her family’s competitive spirit.

Jack and Kayley also talk about the unlikely duo behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack — one of whom is most known by her persona as the aspiring rapper “Razzlekhan.”