A conference for women in Information Security
There were eight people killed in Georgia on March 17, 2021. This was a violent #hatecrime against the Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and the sex work industry. We, all of us, need to #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate and embrace decriminalization of all people in our own communities. From closing 2020: “The most common advice is …
Due to continued increased awareness of COVID-19 and the risk it poses to our participants, family and friends, we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel the physical aspects of The Diana Initiative 2021. However, instead of cancelling the conference entirely, we’ve decided to go virtual. Details on the virtual aspect of our event will be …
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Welcome to our Speaker Spotlight series, where we are getting to know some of our past Diana Initiative speakers. Meet Jordanne “Jai” Barrett, who presented “Status: Ready – Preparing for your next Infosec Role” at our 2019 event. Jordanne is a Technology Risk Analyst for a large financial firm, specializing in Governance, Risk, and Compliance along with …
Welcome to our Speaker Spotlight series, where we are getting to know some of our past Diana Initiative speakers. Meet Mari Galloway, founding member of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu. Mari was part of a panel of non-profits during our 2019 event, and has been an avid supporter of The Diana Initiative for many years. Mari …
Welcome to our Speaker Spotlight series, where we are getting to know some of our past Diana Initiative speakers. Meet Jasmine Jackson, who presented “How Secure Is This Thing Anyway? A Guide Into Mobile Security and Bug Bounties” at our 2019 event. Jasmine has a Masters in Computer Science and a Graduate Certificate in Information …
Welcome to our Speaker Highlight Series where we are getting to know some of our past Diana Initiative speakers. Meet Keirsten Brager , one of our 2020 Keynote speakers. She presented “Gatekeeping, Gaslighting & Grieving: Excelling Despite The Ugly Phases of Your Security Development Life Cycle” on Saturday, Aug 22 2020. Keirsten also presented “Seconomics: How …
Welcome to our Speaker Spotlight series, where we are getting to know some of our past Diana Initiative speakers. Meet Yolonda Smith, one of our 2020 Keynote speakers. She will be presenting “What Does It Mean to be a Barrier Breaker?” on Saturday, Aug 22. Yolonda also presented “It’s Coming From Inside the House: An …
We are super excited to announce 2 more keynote speakers for our 2020 event! Friday, Aug 21: “Reclaiming Your Space in Cyber Security: Speak Out, Speak Up, Speak Often” by Jules Okafor There is a great global discussion happening about the ways in which systemic racism and gender bias reveal themselves across various aspects of …
Be sure to visit the Expo Hall booth to see the talks that [Red Team Village] has lined up! [see talks in sched] [Red Team Village] is a community driven combat readiness platform for Adversarial attack simulation and Red teaming tactics. This community is managed by a group of cyber security and red team tactics …