For many businesses, recovery from the pandemic fallout hinges in part on employees working safely and virus-free outside their homes. That leaves organizations facing the very real possibility that they will serve as both trackers and guardians of health data to ensure the safety of employees.
The impetus for Maggie Louie launching DEVCON, following a lengthy career as a musician, came from her uncovering a scheme involving hackers exploiting third-party JavaScript to steal ad revenue and distribute malware though partner code.
Even though military service is compulsory for Israeli women, Tehlia said that when “served in the Army as a cybersecurity officer, I was often the only woman in the room. I knew it was wrong.”
Runa Sandvik, who left the New York Times about a year ago to return to her consultancy, attributes heightened awareness “to the experts who track threats and the journalists who write about them.”