Itza White is Head of Engineering and Cybersecurity at Five Star Technology Solutions, where she leads security operations, incident response, and security delivery for K-12 districts and small businesses . She works directly with superintendents and technology directors on security planning.

She came up through tech support, and that route convinced her the technical work only counts if people outside IT can follow it. She writes incident response plans districts can run on their own, builds certification prep guides for engineers coming up behind her, and mentors people moving into security. Her work covers governance and compliance alongside vulnerability management and hands-on incident response. She argues for proactive security that people can use, on the theory that anything too clumsy gets worked around.