Hi, I’m Nikol—a cybersecurity leader, data scientist, and unapologetic believer that people—not just tools—define our digital resilience.

I’ve spent years in the thick of it: leading engineering teams, building platforms, wrangling messy data, and watching how security really gets done behind the buzzwords. I work in the corporate world, so yes—I know the enterprise side. But this space? This is mine.

The Perimeter Project is where I say the things we don't always say out loud in cyber. Like how "human error" is usually a systems design flaw in disguise. Or how digital trust gets built—or broken—long before the audit.

I’m a wife, a mom, a leader, a mentor, and a lifelong learner. I’ve built systems and raised humans—many times at the same time, with equal levels of chaos. I write from that edge where tech, trust, and human systems collide.

If you’re tired of surface-level takes and want to rethink cybersecurity from the inside out, welcome to the perimeter.
Let’s get into it.