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Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day (IWD) . IWD was first recognized in 1911, and is celebrated annually by a distributed set of global groups and organizations that stand up for women and diversity. The 2020 IWD campaign theme is #EachforEqual and promotes equality to enable global progress – “an equal world is an enabled world.”  The theme recognizes our individual responsibility and positive change that comes from social activism and collective involvement. “Indi

In the spirit of keeping the spotlight on women in cyber security, I thought this week would be a great time to highlight some developments in the field. Diversity in cyber security is vital. Elevating these stories is an essential part of improving the gender gap. Hopefully as we share these stories we can encourage women worldwide to see previously obscured opportunities. First All-Female Cyber Security Conference Underway When Kirsten Ward and Saher Naumaan, BAE Systems t

While I often promote mindfulness as a core tenet of a healthy privacy practice, there are other ways to bring mindfulness into our professional lives. This week I wanted to take a moment to draw attention to the value of mentoring. We have all benefitted from mentors. It is easy to let the demands of a busy professional life eclipse our memory of those who helped us on our journey and temporarily blind us to the opportunity to pay it forward. By pausing, reflecting gratefull

Shouldn’t the technology which touches all of our lives include perspectives across the gender spectrum? Wouldn’t we collectively benefit from a wider range of life experiences brought to bear on the development of IT and cybersecurity? While most people would probably answer an unequivocal “yes” to these questions, the reality in cybersecurity and IT is quite the opposite. In fact, a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau finds the number of women in IT peaked in 1990 and ha