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Cybersecurity Ventures published a book in 2019 — “Women Know Cyber: 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime” — which is available on Amazon. The book was so popular that we produced a documentary by the same name. Over the past four years, we’ve received countless requests for a new edition. We are excited to provide you with our 2024 edition of Women Know Cyber, in a new online directory format, featuring cybersecurity experts from across the globe, with varying backgrounds, who stand out for protecting governments, businesses, and people from cybercrime — and for their contributions to the community.
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WOMEN KNOW CYBER: THE LIST
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Alissa (Dr Jay) Abdullah, PhD, Waldorf, Md.
Alissa “Dr. Jay” Abdullah, Mastercard’s deputy chief security officer, heads the Emerging Corporate Security Solutions team, safeguarding Mastercard’s information assets and shaping the future of security. Formerly, she served as the deputy chief information officer of the White House where she helped modernize the Executive Office of the President’s IT systems.
Lillian Ablon, Los Angeles, Calif.
Lillian Ablon has nearly two decades of experience creating and working with cutting-edge technology and developing solutions for technology companies and policymakers. She is the senior security manager, Vulnerability Management, for Ring and previously served as senior manager, Security Engineering, for Amazon Devices. Her research for RAND Corporation has been cited by hundreds of publications and presented at BlackHat and other global conferences.
Sylvia Acevedo, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Sylvia Acevedo is an entrepreneur, investor, business leader, and rocket scientist. She previously served as the CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA and led the transformation of the organization’s STEM programming. As the chair of President Obama’s White House initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics in early childhood leadership, she was the driving force behind the Administration’s Early Childhood Dual Language Education Policy.
Heather Adkins, Mountain View, Calif.
Heather Adkins is a 21-year Google veteran and founding member of the Google Security Team. As the vice president of Security Engineering, she has built a global team responsible for maintaining the safety and security of Google’s networks, systems, and applications. She has an extensive background in systems and network administration, with an emphasis on practical security, and has worked to build and secure some of the world’s largest infrastructure.
Parry Aftab, New York City, N.Y.
Parry Aftab is the managing director of WireTrust and the founder and executive director of The Cybersafety Group. She was among the world’s first cyberlawyers and was the founder of the first cyber safety and help group more than 25 years ago. Since then, she has been on the front line protecting children, families, vulnerable communities, and consumers.
Dr. Mary Aiken, Washington, D.C.
The work of Dr. Mary Aiken inspired the CBS series, “CSI: Cyber.” She is a professor of Cyberpsychology and chair of the Cyberpsychology Department at Capitol Technology University (Washington, D.C.), a professor of Forensic Cyberpsychology at the University of East London, an advisor to Europol, and a member of the INTERPOL Global Cybercrime Expert group. She is currently co-lead on one of the largest European cybercrime research projects to date.
Baan Alsinawi, Washington, D.C.
Baan Alsinawi is the managing director of Strategy and Risk for CISO Global, and the founder of Cerberus Sentinel, now a CISO Global company. She has more than two decades of experience in information technology and has served in various capacities from managing networks and software sales to directing security operations. Previously, she served as security director of IntelliDyne and a sales engineer at McAfee and Nortel.
Katy Anton, Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom
Katy Anton is the vice president of security architecture at JPMorgan Chase & Co. A seasoned security professional, she has extensive experience in secure software development lifecycles, application security, cloud security, PCI compliant architectures, and enterprise architectures. Prior to taking on her current role, she worked for some of the world’s largest global financial institutions. An international speaker, she presents at both developer and security conferences across the globe.
Christina Ayiotis, Washington, D.C.
Christina Ayiotis serves as associate general counsel, Cyber Security and Privacy, at Lumen Technologies. Before Lumen, she held leadership positions at OCC, WiseLaw, CSC, Booz Allen, Deloitte, and EYI. She created and volunteer co-chaired the Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute for five years and has taught a master’s level course in Information Policy for the George Washington University Department of Computer Science.
Debra Baker, Raleigh Durham / Chapel Hill, N.C.
Debra Baker, CISSP and CCSP, is a vCISO pundit with three decades of cybersecurity expertise, formerly CISO at RedSeal and founder of TrustedCISO. She provides strategic advice on cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance, specializing in SOC2, ISO27001, FedRAMP, StateRAMP, and NIST. Debra also developed CompliBot AI, an innovative AI-driven vendor assessment tool, holding a provisional patent for it.
Nicole Beckwith, Cincinnati, Ohio
Nicole Beckwith is a former state police officer and federally sworn U.S. marshal. She worked as a financial fraud investigator and digital forensic examiner for the State of Ohio and a task force officer for the United States Secret Service in their Financial and Electronic Crimes division as the lead incident responder and digital forensic examiner. She now manages the Threat Operations team within Kroger Corporate Information Security.
Adv. Puneet Bhasin, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Advocate Puneet Bhasin is a pioneer in technology laws in India and a cyber law expert practicing in Mumbai in matters involving cybercrimes, e-commerce, and intellectual property disputes in cyberspace. The founder of Cyberjure Legal Consulting, she works with numerous high-profile clients, including nationalized banks and multinational corporations, among others. She is also an advisor to the Rajya Sabha Committee on formulation of internet and technology laws in India.
Justine Bone, United States
Justine Bone is an experienced operational and executive leader, board director, advisor, and technology and cybersecurity expert. She currently serves as an advisor to Redjack and as the executive director of Crypto ISAC. She leverages her original training in classical ballet to continuously adapt, analyze, and identify opportunities, and create defensive strategies in an evolving global technology and threat landscape.
Julie Brill, Redmond, Wash.
Julie Brill is the chief privacy officer and corporate VP for global privacy and regulatory affairs at Microsoft. Previously a partner at Hogan Lovells, she was co-director of the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice. She has also served as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and as assistant attorney general for Consumer Protection and Antitrust for the State of Vermont.
Joanna Burkey, Austin, Texas
Joanna Burkey is currently an independent director at Beyond Inc (formerly Overstock.com) and ReliabilityFirst Corporation. She previously served as CISO at HP Inc. and CISO and Global Head of Cyber Defense at Siemens. Her decades of experience encompass a unique blend of business and digital transformation expertise she now uses to serve a portfolio of enterprises.
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The Women Know Cyber list was researched, compiled, and curated by Steve Morgan, founder of Cybersecurity Ventures and Editor-in-Chief at Cybercrime Magazine, and Di Freeze, Managing Editor at Cybercrime Magazine.
