Presented at
Diana Initiative 2018,
Aug. 10, 2018, 2 p.m.
(50 minutes)
Technical women face many challenges in dressing for their jobs. Some concerns are shared with other professional women, and some are unique to women in technical roles. Do senior business leaders underestimate you if you are dressed casually? Are your technical contributions taken seriously if you dress up? Our panel will draw upon our own unique experiences across different job roles to discuss these common questions. How we dress depends on what we do, who we interact with, and what we are trying to accomplish. We faced different expectations in our work environments and handled the challenges differently, but we all had to balance fashion and professionalism, manage clothing budgets, and make decisions to ensure our clothing didn’t interfere with our jobs. Our panel can discuss how our approaches differed for managers and individual contributors. We hope to share our insights and provide guidance on dressing professionally in the workplace.
Presenters:
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Kat Sweet
Kat Sweet works for Duo Security’s security operations team as an information security analyst (and senior pun architect). A passionate security educator, she is heavily involved in building her team's employee security awareness and engagement program, and is frequently the first security team member that new Duo employees meet. She also serves as the lockpick village coordinator for BSides Las Vegas, a mentor for the SANS Women’s Immersion Academy, and a teaching assistant for Girl Develop It Ann Arbor. When she’s not in security mode, you can often find her bursting into song or picking unsuspecting locks. She takes a BeyondPants approach to security, and yes, most of her dresses have pockets.
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Wendy Knox Everette
- Senior Security Advisor at Leviathan Security Group
Wendy Knox Everette (@wendyck) is a hacker lawyer who works as an Senior Security Advisor for Leviathan Security Group. She began her career as a software developer at Amazon.com and Google, before going to law school, where she focused on national security law and computer security issues. She completed a fellowship at ZwillGen, PLLC in Washington DC and was formerly an Information Security Counsel at First Information Technology Services.
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Fahmida Rashid
- Senior Managing Editor at Decipher
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Saleema Syed
- Director - Business Applications at Duo Security
Saleema Syed is the Director of Business Services at Duo Security. She has over 18 years of experience in the business consultation and tech industry, and focuses on sales, go-to-market strategies, product development and IT transformations for the information security industry. Saleema Syed is the Director of Business Services at Duo Security. She has over 18 years of experience in the business consultation and tech industry, and focuses on sales, go-to-market strategies, product development and IT transformations for the information security industry. She has also led various community reach programs in the Dallas and Fort Worth area to promote cyber security awareness for children. Saleema has her Instrumentation and Controls Engineering Degree. She is also pursuing her Executive MBA at SMU COX business school - Dallas.
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Sarah Gibson
- Senior Application Security Consultant at Veracode
Sarah Gibson is an Application Security Consultant at Veracode, where she helps developers fix their security findings, and better understand the security posture of their applications.
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