What are your IT/cyber qualifications, if you don't mind me asking?
Sure. I'm a bit unusual in that I've done a bit of everything: UNIX administration (esp. Linux, AIX, Solaris), Windows Server administration, databases (esp. MySQL, Oracle), virtualization (AIX LPAR, Solaris zones, VMware), infrastructure (e.g. DNS, LDAP, Exchange) and a ton of storage system work (esp. NetApp, IBM). I've never had a true security role but I've done all the bits adjacent to the stuff I've mentioned above: encrypted filesystems, encrypted databases, IPSec/VPNs, etc. I've also done a little bit of comms work (radios and VSATs) but that was more than a decade ago now.
I'd describe myself as a "UNIX and storage guy" first and foremost, I guess.