AI Everywhere: How High-Performance CPUs are Revolutionising Business Performance, Efficiency & Security
Linkedin
June 25, 2024
Tech leaders understand this. They know that becoming agile, strategic, and resilient is not just a goal but a necessity. To compete and win in challenging times such as these, means investing in tech wisely, reducing CapEx and OpEx spend, attracting and retaining top talent, innovating continuously, pivoting quickly, scaling effectively, and ditching vulnerable legacy systems.
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Tags: AI, Cybersecurity, Security
Building a Cybersecurity Business: What I Wish I'd Known
Linkedin
April 29, 2024
Recently, a friend of mine who's just started her own cybersecurity business asked me what I wished I'd known before starting my own business, two decades ago. Having swapped backstories with other "successful" entrepreneurs — including all those not so glamorous aspects — I couldn't help but write this for her, and for others who are starting out or scaling.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship
Secure Web Browsing - How to Remove the Headache
The Source for Women in Cyber
October 17, 2023
Data breaches have surged globally this year. By mid-year, there’s been a staggering 156% growth in the total number compared to the previous quarter, with a whopping 855 accounts worldwide being leaked every minute. Sadly, no matter your company size, industry, or geographic location, one thing is clear – these alarming statistics underscore the need for heightened cyber vigilance. Now, as we enter Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October, IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) have a perfect opportunity to raise awareness and fortify their organisation's defences.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Diversity and Inclusion
Who Else Wants to Enjoy a Cybersecurity Conference?
Linkedin
August 18, 2023
Every now and again I'm asked about conferences and whether they’re worth attending. My answer is always, yes so long as you plan carefully.
Over the years I've attended hundreds of cybersecurity conferences all over the world, and participated as an attendee, speaker, chair, and advisor. All these roles have enabled me to gain an understanding of conferences through different lenses.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Diversity and Inclusion
Layoffs in Cybersecurity: Uncovering 8 Devastating Impacts on Women, the Industry & How to Mitigate them
The Source for Women in Cyber
January 25, 2023
As we kick off the beginning of a New Year, I'd like to share some disheartening news: Tech layoffs, and the potential negative effects on women. Unfortunately, this is an issue that will have grave impacts on our industry if not adequately addressed.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
Get Clear on What you Want for 2023, Set Goals, and Make it Happen!
The Source for Women in Cyber
December 20, 2022
If you’re like most people, chances are you’ll be thinking about what you’ve accomplished this year and what you want for next year. You might even have written a review, set some goals, and created a plan.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
Endings and beginnings
LinkedIn
October 13, 2022
The world is going through rapid change what with climate change (exceptional droughts, floods, fires and hurricanes), new world leaders, high inflation, economic slowdowns, recessions, tech company layoffs, supply chain problems, wars, strikes and protests.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
The Power of You & Becoming Known
The Source for Women in Cyber
August 17, 2022
When we look at women, becoming recognised and known (i.e. visible) incredible things happen. In fact, researchers say visibility is the single most important thing a woman can do to rapidly advance herself in her career. Unfortunately, as much as we’d all like to believe it, the workforce is not a meritocracy, and sadly women, and especially mothers are expected to prove their worth in ways that men are not. Just like other industries and professions, in cyber, women are still being judged on competence rather than potential, like men.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Diversity and Inclusion, Security
Responding to Criticism & the Cost of Call-Out Culture in Cyber
LinkedIn
July 27, 2022
This week, I'm writing to you about call-out culture. I want to ensure you know how to respond to criticism online. I want to make sure that I'm not losing more voices when communicating. I’ve taken inspiration from a post on this topic by Andrea Gibson from Button Poetry who wrote recently about this and community behaviour.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Culture, Security
Toxic masculinity holds us ALL back in cyber & what you can do about it
LinkedIn
June 29, 2022
In last week's newsletter (edition 3), I wrote about being you in the workplace and some of the difficulties that women in cyber face. I told you we have a saying at The Source, my new initiative for women in cyber and businesses who value them, but today I want to let you know about another saying we have. It's,
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Diversity and Inclusion, Security
Who else wants to undervalue women?
LinkedIn
August 05, 2021
There's a message women need to hear now and it's this: meritocracy is a myth. The faster women understand this the better. Unfortunately, many people in the workplace genuinely believe it’s a reality, especially men in tech companies. Ironically, big data proves its disfunction – that believing in meritocracy makes people more selfish, less self-critical and more prone to introducing bias and behaving in a discriminatory way. The same goes for organisations which present themselves as meritocratic. There, managers favour men over equally qualified women.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Big Data
3 Things Leaders Often Miss When Trying to Get More Women in Tech
LinkedIn
January 22, 2021
Most people know that technology creates more jobs than any other industry and that digital is the golden thread that runs across all industries. So, why are women still missing from it?
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Diversity and Inclusion
7 Trends I Spotted When Reviewing 2020 & The Cybersecurity Skills Gap (including diversity)
LinkedIn
January 13, 2021
It’s been a challenging year with the global Covid-19 pandemic bringing both good and bad outcomes in business. Along with working from home, redundancies, furloughed workers, reduced hours, uncertainties around future employment, technology replacing jobs and business closures, we’ve seen much needed resets and innovations. And, as each new government rule has been put in place to keep us safe, physically isolated from one another and in lockdown, it’s moved more of us online – shopping, working and learning – so we can economically function, socially interact, and maintain a sense of normality.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Diversity and Inclusion
Six valuable lessons I won't forget from 2020, the progress I made, & me bearing my soul...
LinkedIn
January 03, 2021
Every year, around this time, I start to reflect. Chances are, you do too. Most people are starting to think about what they want for the coming year. They’re setting goals, getting clear on what they want to resolve, and embracing fresh starts and new ways of being.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership
Are women still being hindered from entering & succeeding in tech?
LinkedIn
December 17, 2020
I’m not actually sure how I stumbled across Jemima Khan interviewing Hollywood actress and star of Desperate House Wives, Eva Longoria at the world's largest tech conference, Web Summit six years ago. All I remember is how their discussion, “Supporting Businesswomen and Facing the 'isms.’ left me feeling.
Charged.
Unaware of Eva’s activism and how much philanthropic work she did outside of acting and directing, I was interested to hear her speak about her philanthropy work, her take on the impact tech makes, and what brought her to a web summit in Dublin.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
How to get over your fear of building a cybersecurity personal brand
linkedin
May 13, 2019
During a chat to a client recently, she voiced a concern that many of us have but few of us admit, let alone share. She told me she understood why having a public persona (a personal brand) was necessary, but she knew something was holding her back from building it. It turned out she was deeply afraid of…
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Tags: Cybersecurity
Why visible female role models in cybersecurity are so important
linkedin
May 09, 2019
As you know, I’ve been studying how the sisterhood works in cybersecurity for quite a few years now—that’s why I’m working to better the world by training and educating businesses in cybersecurity, specifically by focusing on gender inclusion in science through the IN Security Movement. You see, I founded it following years of research that I ploughed into my best-selling book, IN Security, which is built on the premise of…
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7 Things everyone knows about voice in cybersecurity that you don't
linkedin
April 23, 2019
Have you ever had a question that you wanted to know the answer to, but you just didn’t ask it? Maybe you thought, “I’ll figure this out later.”
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Privacy
IN Security Movement
IN Security Movement
November 01, 2016
The IN Security Movement is an exclusive network of cybersecurity professionals who believe that a failure to attract and retain women in cybersecurity is making us less safe. The Movement stands behind a mission to champion women in cybersecurity and enables all who believe in this to contribute. The IN Security Movement incorporates a tribe where you can learn from like-minded professionals, help others out by sharing insight, advice and information, discuss ideas, raise questions, network, and build meaningful relationships. We welcome those who are just starting out in the industry, those who've taken a break and are returning to the workplace, and those who are at the top of their game. We have three objectives for our community members to fulfill:
1.) To inspire, empower and support women in cybersecurity.
2) To act as campaigners for change and perform work (research, pledges, codes of conduct etc.) so women in cybersecurity become standard (at every level) not exception.
3) To network, connect and build meaningful relationships with those in cybersecurity who share our aligned vision.
The IN Security Movement was founded following the release of my best-selling book, IN Security. We meet regularly and I use my leadership and influencer skills to set up activism events, campaigns, research and women's scholarships. Good examples of this are the IN Security Pledge, Code of Conduct, Black Hat Women's Scholarship. To date, I've been able to award over 126 women with IN Security & Black Hat scholarships, a value of £214,000
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Security
KnewStart
Jane Frankland
June 01, 2011
KnewStart is developing female role models and leaders. We believe that a failure to attract and retain women in male dominated industries is making us all less safe and that only by having a more gender diverse workforce will we have greater security, innovations and all round happiness. That's why we advise, train and develop solutions for career women and leaders in male dominated industries who want to excel.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Innovation, Leadership
Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023: My Reflections
IN Security
