Presented at
AppSec USA 2013,
Nov. 21, 2013, noon
(50 minutes).
NPR reports that 80% of computer programmers are men. As an engaged group that believes in the benefits of gender diversity, OWASP wants to know what we can do to close that gap. In this session, we have invited women from different stages of their Information Security careers to share experiences and offer suggestion about what can be done to improve the situation. We will also hear from a stakeholder in the corporate community who offers best practices to manage diversity within organizations large and small. Moderator: Joan Goodchild, Editor, CSO Online.
Presenters:
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Dawn-Marie Hutchinson
- Sr. Manager IT Security - Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Dawn-Marie has over fourteen years' experience in information technology starting her career in the Walt Disney World Merchandise Information Systems organization.She moved into IT Security in 2004 in the Philadelphia based Independence Blue Cross where she spent the following eight years helping tobuild and mature the information security program. In an effort to expand her knowledge and diversify her industry experience she moved into security advisory consulting before assuming the role as Head of the Global Information Security and Privacy program at Urban Outfitters, Inc. The retailer operates five brands, Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain and BHLDN - targeting customers that maintain a stylish, modern and innovative lifestyle that demand the latest in technology innovation. She is a 2013Masters of Business Administration graduate from the Saint Joseph's University Haub School of Business in Philadelphia, PA and the mother of three children
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Valene Skerpac
- Security Strategy and Risk Management Manager - Accenture
Valene Skerpac, CISSP CISM PMP, is Security Strategy and Risk Management Manager at Accenture. Previously, she was Director, IT Consulting Services Security, Application Solutions and Delivery, iBiometrics, Inc. and Director IT, Security Services at Triad Group. She has also held security and engineering management positions at IBM Global Services and Vorec Corporation. She is the author of Voice Communications Security, a handbook of Information Security Management (Auerbach publishing). She received her certifications from ISC(2)and ISACA. She graduated with honors from Rutgers University.
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Carrie Schaper
- Security Analyst/Penetration Tester/IR - Federal Government
Carrie Schaper is an Information Security Professional with over 12+ years of industry experience ranging from Penetration Testing Fortune 500 companies, the Banking Infrastructure, and Government to Incident
Response and Continuous Monitoring. She has performed Threat-Mitigation against targeted attacks from
domestic and foreign adversaries for both corporate and government environments. Carrie studied her Master's degree at NYU Polytechnic, and holds her B.S. in CIS with Criminal Justice from John Jay College, and dual A.A.S degrees in Networking and Industrial Electronic Engineering. She has spoken at DefCon and
other leading security conferences. Carrie currently works as a Federal Contractor.
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Gary Phillips
- Senior Director, R&D - Symantec
Gary Phillips is Senior Director of Research and Development in the Office of the CTO for Symantec Corporation. In this position, Gary manages a diversity of responsibilities, including technology assurance, product security, software supply chain assurance, and customer assurance. Gary is currently a member of the Cadence Data Soft board of directors and serves as SAFECode's board treasurer. He is also a former member of the Storage Networking Industry Association board, the International Committee for IT Standards (INCITS) executive board, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) board, and the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) board. Gary has served in a number of leadership positions in each organization. Prior to joining Symantec, Gary held several senior management and technology leadership positions for Compaq, Schlumberger,Western Geophysical, and Fairchild. He earned his Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and attended graduate school at the University of South Florida. Gary is proud to serve as Co-Champion of SymPride, Symantec's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Allies ("LGBTA") employee resource group. Previously, he was a founding champion of Symantec's Diversity & Inclusion employee resource group.
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