WOMEN IN CYBER

Inspiring leaders for companies including Darktrace, Unilever, Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, Verizon, Secureworks, Code42, Accenture, and Meta Defence Labs he technology industry is making slow but steady progress in shrinking its gender gap: in 2022, it was reported that the overall workforce had a 6.9% increase in female representation in large companies from 2019 and 19.5% increase in leadership roles. Despite this being incredible growth, it only surmounts to 25.3% of leadership roles being held by women. is a trusted leader in Cyber. She is currently an NCSC Certified Cyber Advisor, Managing Director, and Co-Founder of Meta Defence Labs Ltd, CE & IASME pool assessor for IASME Consortium and Expert Practitioner for The HiveMind Network. In 2018, she founded She CISO Exec, the sustainable global training and mentoring platform specialising in information security and leadership.

Many large tech companies now release annual diversity reports outlining their strategies and performance, which aim to support the diversity growth; a 2020 study by Lenovo and Intel revealed that a majority of professionals across five countries regard a company’s DEI policies and performance as important considerations in their decisions about jobs to pursue and accept.

The women listed below make up that quarter of leadership positions held by women. They are titans in business paving the way for other women, making space at the table for new faces, new ideas, and new growth, often leading to their companies being pioneers in sustainability, technological innovation, and employee development.

Leader of Security Research and Development Accenture

Lisa O’Connor, who began her career at the National Security Agency, is now the Managing Director of Dublin-based technology giant Accenture, a role she has held for a decade, where she leads Global Security Research and Development at Accenture Labs. She is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) by ISC2; an INFOSEC Analyst; a Cryptologic Engineer, recognised by the NSA; and is a member of the Financial

Data Corporation and Director of Finance at Bell South. Thomas gained her BA in Economics from the University of Virginia and her MBA in Finance from Darla Moore School of Business.

The Cyber Challenge: Innovating Our Way Out | Poppy Gustafsson | TEDxWarwick

2013 and has recently been awarded accolades including Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Companies in 2021, Fast Company's top 10 most innovative AI companies for 2022, and the AI & Machine Learning Award at the 2022 Go:Tech Awards

Gustafsson was named CEO of the Year at the 2021 Digital Masters Awards and Tech CEO awarded an honorary degree in Doctor of Science in recognition of “outstanding achievements in the field of Cyber Security”

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