Said the cyberspace operations principal at SAIC: "Operators have information overload, which leads to decision paralysis. If I'm going to deliver a tool or a data feed or visualization to an end user, I'm going to deliver what they need to see. We’re reducing noise.”
Unafraid to be criticized, the languages and literature major worked her way from the Defense Department to chief information security officer of Finance of American. "“I don’t want to be a human being who can’t be told they can do any number of things better, and I expect the same from those I hire. Let’s talk about where we can all improve together.”
“For an industry that builds client relationships and growth on partnership and trust with its customers, we're also an industry that sells zero trust, as a goal. So those two things can be very dichotomous in concept,” said the chief information security officer for the cloud services of NTT.
"I was once told that I may not be a vulnerability researcher. That's something that I know, I'm never going to tell my team — not today, not ever — because it affected me as an individual who was trying to build a career in cybersecurity. I always come up with a plan to ensure that I am providing them with the resources, with the technical skillsets or training that is needed for them to achieve what they want to achieve.”
“Our unique perspectives as women can lead to the best solutions — especially when we push boundaries," said the senior cyber security engineer at Mitre Corporation.
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