Women in Cybersecurity
Filling the Cybersecurity Professionals Gap – with Women
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Due to the high-profile data breaches, cybersecurity has become a household word. Think back to just one month ago, when the data breach at Equifax exposed the personal information for...
Cisco Takes Exclusivity Out of Cybersecurity
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Nearly 30 years ago, I attended the first of what would be hundreds of information security conferences throughout my career. I was astonished to be one of only a handful...
I. Am. A. Woman. In. Tech.
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"You are a woman in tech. You are part of the 11% of women in cybersecurity. You make an impact. You're not alone - you have the #wearecisco fam behind you. Don't ever forget that." - Tammy Nguyen shares her story of realizing she was, indeed, a woman in tech.
For Women in Cybersecurity, Possibilities are Endless
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This blog is the third in a series of posts sharing perspectives from Cisco women in security. Previous blogs featured Michele Guel, Engineer and Chief Security Architect and
When Women Happen to Things, Things Happen
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Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “It had long come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened...
How to Increase the Presence – and Impact – of Women in Cybersecurity
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This blog is the first in a series of posts featuring perspectives from Cisco women in security. Next month’s blog will feature Chief Privacy Officer, Michelle Dennedy. When I started my information security career at NASA’s Ames Research Center in 1988, there were very few women in the field. In fact, I’d attend conferences in […]
Going Back to Summer Camp as a Cisco Employee – GenCyber Camp That Is
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An issue I can relate to – the lack of women in cybersecurity. While women represented 25% of computing professionals in 2015, they only represented 10% of the information security...
Exciting Fourth Edition of SecCon-X Bangalore
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The week of November 10 was filled with learning and excitement for security technology enthusiasts at Cisco's Bangalore campus as people gathered for SecCon-X 2014, Cisco's largest annual cross-company...