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Women in Cybersecurity Face Continued Pay Disparities
In a largely male-dominated field, women face an uphill battle against pay disparity, but the gap narrows as women climb the cybersecurity career ladder ...
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3 Reasons Women Should Reskill to Work in Cybersecurity
Christine Gadsby | | Careers, Cybersecurity, international women's day, reskilling, Tech, women, Women in Cyber
As women, from a young age, being technically savvy or being interested in math, science or business wasn’t celebrated. You were ‘cool’ and ‘popular’ if you had great hair or nice jeans, ...
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Hiring More Women in Cybersecurity is Mission-Critical
Sandra Wheatley | | Cybersecurity, Diversity, equity and inclusion, women, Women in Cyber, Women In Tech
Women make up 51% of the population, but just 24% of the cybersecurity workforce. The good news is that cybersecurity organizations around the world increasingly acknowledge the importance of gender diversity in ...
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Period Tracking Apps and Your Privacy, Vendor Impersonation Attacks, LockBit Ransomware Bug Bounty Program
Tom Eston | | Abortion, Abortion Ban, bec, bug bounty, business email compromise, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Information Security, Infosec, Lockbit, Period Tracking, Period Tracking Apps, Podcast, Privacy, Ransomware, security, surveillance, technology, Weekly Edition, women
Period tracker apps are causing privacy concerns because they could potentially be used against women in states that ban abortion, new research shows that vendors are being impersonated more than employees in ...

Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating Women’s Achievements in STEM
Ada Lovelace Day is October 12th, celebrating women in STEM, which includes cybersecurity! Every year, the holiday does end up being a history of computing, as Ada was composing what we’d now consider ...

Ask Chloé: How to Address Zoom Fatigue
Chloe Messdaghi | | cybersecurity burnout, fatigue, women, women in cybersecurity, women in devops, Women In Infosec, Women in security, Women In Tech, Zoom
Welcome to the Ask Chloé column on Security Boulevard! Each week, Chloé provides answers to readers’ questions to help guide them as they navigate the technology industry. This week, Chloé helps a reader address both ...
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Best of Episode: Interview with Rachel Tobac
Tom Eston | | Careers, Cybersecurity, David Lynch, defcon, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Podcast, Privacy, Rachel Tobac, security, social engineering, technology, Weekly Edition, women
This week is a best of episode with special guest Rachel Tobac, CEO of Social Proof Security. In this episode we discuss social engineering, how to get more women in cybersecurity, and ...

Women in Cybersecurity No Longer an ‘Anomaly’
Kacy Zurkus | | CISO, cybersecurity leaders, employees, Security leadership, women, Women in security
Truth be told, there are many women in cybersecurity who are tired of talking about women in the industry as if they are anomalies. For many female professionals, it’s far past the ...
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Special Guest Tanya Janca, DevOps and AppSec, Women in Cybersecurity – #82
Tom Eston | | Application Security, AppSec, Cybersecurity, DEVOPS, DevSecOps, DevSlop, Microsoft, owasp, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, Tanya Janca, women
In this episode Tom and Scott are joined by special guest Tanya Janca who is a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate for Microsoft. We speak with Tanya about her journey into the world ...
Women in Information Security: Theresa Payton
Last time, I had fun speaking with my friend, red team-minded student/teacher Alana Staszczyszyn. This time, I had the privilege of speaking with cybersecurity and intelligence industry veteran Theresa Payton. She’s always ...