ISW 2023: Taking on the talent gap, InfoSec burnout – Deidre Diamond – ISW23 #2

Deidre Diamond is the Founder and CEO of CyberSN, specializing in cybersecurity workforce risk management and strategic talent acquisition. Deidre Diamond launched her career straight out of college, guided by two pioneering entrepreneurs who employed her and provided growth opportunities for twenty-one years across three organizations, Motion Recruitment, Rapid7 (RPD), and Percussion Software. Deidre holds two college degrees in Sociology and Criminal Justice and her transition to cybersecurity was driven by a passion for the community and a vision to fix the broken job searching system. In 2014, she founded CyberSN, focusing on enhancing job matching with the CyberSN Taxonomy, leading the charge in cyber workforce risk management solutions.

Under Deidre’s leadership, CyberSN emerged as a premier talent intelligence firm in the U.S. Her commitment to diversity inspired the founding of Secure Diversity in 2015 and the co-founding of the Day of Shecurity Conference in 2017, which draws over a thousand women and underrepresented genders bi-annually for free knowledge-sharing. Deidre is a Board Member of Cyversity as of January 2024, an organization dedicated to diversifying the cybersecurity industry through education, empowerment, and innovative outreach programs. She is recognized as a Top 25 Women in Cybersecurity and is a sought-after speaker for some of the largest cybersecurity conferences in the world. Deidre’s contributions extend beyond CyberSN, advocating for gender diversity and fostering a culture that emphasizes retention and development across the cybersecurity landscape.