Presented at
Diana Initiative 2017,
July 27, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
(60 minutes)
Resilience. Strength. Determination. Some of the founders of The Diana Initiative will talk about being Women in InfoSec and what holding this conference means to them.
There are some great connotations with the name Diana: goddess, singer, legend, princess. And the word initiative - to us, that means "Take the initiative". It's about how we have had to make our own opportunities happen, and grow from that.
We fought to make this conference happen because we believed in it so much and on honouring the commitment we made. This is about using the power you have, and leveraging it with resolve and determination. It's about finding common ground and forging alliances. Because we won't get there alone.
Presenters:
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Elizabeth Etherington
Elizabeth Etherington is a civilian Security Engineer for the US Navy and based out of the Pacific Northwest region. Prior to her to current public service position, she was an analyst at the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office - Crime Strategies Unit, and Crime Scene Technician at the Maryland State Police. Her first love is Forensics (digital and real-world) and her bread and butter is information security. She holds BS and MS degrees from the University of Baltimore in Forensic Science and Cyber Crime, and is published with the University of Idaho's Journal for Communications in Computer and Information Science. She is a proud co-founder of TiaraCon and is thrilled at the community response to the con. She is looking forward to all the accomplishments on the horizon for women in information security and all STEM fields.
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Virginia Robbins
Virginia Robbins is s a senior security engineer with interest in malware research and cryptography. She has been working for more than a decades developing security solutions for anti-malware, host intrusion and exploit prevention products. Prior to McAfee she worked at Intel and Microsoft on the trusted platform module ( TPM ) and its application on Bitlocker. She also worked on adding elliptic curve cryptography ( ECC) support over TLS for the Cryptographic Next Generation ( CNG) She holds an MS in Computer Science and BS in Computer Engineering. She is also co-founder of The Diana Initiative to help more women getting in the information security industry. You will find her on twitter as @fl3uryz if you wish to contact her.
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Cheryl Biswas / 3ncr1pt3d
- cybersecurity consultant
as Cheryl Biswas
Cheryl Biswas works as a cybersecurity consultant in a large audit firm. She holds a specialized honors degree in political science and an ITIL designation. Her love of Star Trek led her to technology, where she eventually discovered the realm of InfoSec. Her fascination with Stuxnet that expanded to APTs, ICS SCADA, mainframes, and threat intel. You’ll find her on Twitter as @3ncr1pt3d where she builds bridges along with security awareness.
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