Women in IT Security

Said Honeywell's cybersecurity engineer and architect: “I always have to prove how good I am when I go to a new place."

The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights shared a privacy guide targeting patient privacy and safety concerns following the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling.

The Forrester report, which offers eight best practices to help encourage diversity in the workforce, found that while the industry has made significant efforts to recruit women, security culture across many organizations remains hostile toward women.

New training program in Canada aims to encourage women to upskill and pursue careers in cybersecurity.

Ongoing threats and health app privacy matters give the appearance that patient access rights are not a high priority for HHS OCR. Former HHS privacy leaders and industry influencers Deven McGraw and Lucia Savage share why access rights are so vital to improving care outcomes and just why providers must prioritize the process.

“Every single person, whether they know it or not, is walking around with a million-dollar cell phone and a million-dollar laptop,” due to the data they come in contact with, said Waseem, a passionate privacy advocate, said the director of cyber education for the National Cyber Security Alliance. “And if you understand why your information is worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to other people, then you are more apt to protect that data.”

“Our unique perspectives as women can lead to the best solutions — especially when we push boundaries," said the senior cyber security engineer at Mitre Corporation.

“If the public demands a privacy relationship, and companies understand the responsibility of protecting that data, and there's an accountability play, then we can all understand and work together to get a better digital society,” said the managing director and co-founder of Gula Tech Adventures.