Women in IT Security

Said Mandiant's senior vice president of strategy and alliances: "I recognize that at critical points in my life people leant me a hand, and I want to do that for others."

Said the chief security officer of Citizen Bank: “Being in the law enforcement and intelligence communities years ago has provided me with a very strong baseline into what we’re seeing the financial industry now.”

Said Forescout's chief customer officer about her transition away from technical work to leadership: "When I want it I can grab it. When there's a deep technical issue, I can sit down and say, ‘OK, help me understand this.’ And I do find customers that appreciate when I come back."

Said the head of the global compliance and regulatory practice at Octillo: “I think to myself when I’m saying to a little girl, ‘This is what an IT professional looks like, this is what a cyber lawyer looks like’ – that alone can really change perspectives."

Said the adviser for Safe Security and advisory board member of Code 42: "At the end of the day, you can be the smartest cybersecurity person in the room, but if you don't care about it, you're not going to do your best job."

Said Code42's chief information security officer and CIO: “We don’t want to solely focus on stopping collaboration or blocking things, but more focus on securing the collaboration culture.”

Said Cybrary's chief impact officer: “It’s time to support one another by providing career support and access for all marginalized genders to obtain any position and title while working in cybersecurity and tech.”

Because of the work of JP Morgan Chase VP Marpu, "end users are able to seamlessly interact with digital touchpoints without thinking twice about the security of their data."