Women in IT Security

Said Claroty's chief business development officer: “I have female friends that are CISOs. They tell me, ‘vendors assume that we're not technical.’ So we have this slogan: ‘When you talk to me, assume that I'm technical. When you talk to me, assume that I'm the CEO.'”

Said Night Dragon's vice president of business development and strategic alliances of finally finding female colleagues: "At that point I realized how empowered I felt to have someone that resembled me in my world.”

Said the founder of KeyCaliber: "I probably know most of the women entrepreneurs in cybersecurity because we’re just so few and far between.”

Said Honeywell's cybersecurity engineer and architect: “I always have to prove how good I am when I go to a new place."

Said (ISC)2's CEO: “I am a rule follower, but I'm not going to follow the rules if somebody tells me this is the only path to get something done."

The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights shared a privacy guide targeting patient privacy and safety concerns following the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling.

The Forrester report, which offers eight best practices to help encourage diversity in the workforce, found that while the industry has made significant efforts to recruit women, security culture across many organizations remains hostile toward women.