Women Speak Cyber

Jasmine Woolley is employed as a Business Analyst at IBM. 

She is currently completing a Master of National Security Policy studies at the Australian National University. She has interned with the Counterterrorism Group as a Counterrorism Analyst and OSINT Liaison Officer for the SOUTHCOM region. She has spoken on the Threat Intelligence Podcast regarding security concerns in Latin America.

She also interned with the Asia Pacific Research Centre for the Responsibility to Protect where she created policy recommendations for Security Sector Reform.

In this season finale LP and LV chat to Jasmine, who has already achieved so much at 20 years old and is clearly on track to make a big impact on the cybersecurity industry.

Jasmine shares her journey in cybersecurity so far, what it has been like to start out in the industry, the importance of building a network and her experiences as a First Nations Woman.

She also shares insights on the impact of public speaking coaching program for women in cyber - Project Friedman, her experiences presenting for the first time on cybersecurity at AusCERT (a major cybersecurity conference in Australia), including how she prepared for her incredibly well received talk on 'Applying First Nations philosophy to cybersecurity strategies'.  Jasmine also shares her ambitions for the future, her thoughts on diversity and being a role model as well as her plans for speaking again.
LP and LV would like to thank you for listening to season 1  -  hoping this has helped you in some way with your public speaking journey and/or your support of people in your life, pursuing their own public speaking journey.  We look forward to hearing these new voices out there in the future and to cheering them on!

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Angela Kamaru is a Cyber Security Specialist responsible for the delivery of security operations services across the organisation. This role has developed her ability to enhance cybersecurity capabilities and control the organisational environment. She is skilled in Monitoring & Detection of threats in the environment ,this is underpinned by the strong ability to work in Incident Management and support the uplift of tools and capabilities across cybersecurity.

Angela has over 10 years’ experience in Information Technology, 3 years in Australia and 9 in the Kenyan banking sector.

She is passionate about cybersecurity, enjoys learning new and emerging technologies on how best to protect, detect, and respond to cyber threats in real time.

She contributes to the cultivation of a strong commitment to encourage young adults to pursue careers in Cyber Security and trains teenagers in her community on cyber bullying and on how to stay safe online.

Angela holds a Masters of Cyber Security degree from ECU, MBA – Information Systems from University of Nairobi and a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. In addition, Angela has achieved CompTIA Security + and Microsoft Security Operation Analyst Associate certifications.

Angela is outgoing and values her quality time with her family and friends. She enjoys playing basketball, dancing and engaging in outdoor activities. 

In this penultimate episode of season 1, LP and LV discuss Angela's inspiring journey into cybersecurity, a journey of courage, of embracing opportunity and of tenacity to overcome obstacles, leading her to move from Kenya, to Australia, where she lives and works in cybersecurity today.  Angela also shares candidly some personal experiences that led her to want to pursue cybersecurity as a career AKA Her 'why' including a work colleague who committed financial fraud and being a victim of identity theft herself.  They also discuss what led Angela to want to speak publicly on cybersecurity, what she has learned about public speaking to date and how she is putting those learnings into practice.

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Tanvi Bali has been in the information security field for over a decade. She is a Senior Cyber and DevSecOps Lead who has experience working across industries including aerospace and defence, telecommunications and finance sectors. Tanvi possesses a passionate curiosity for learning new and emerging technologies and their related threats. As a security practitioner she leverages her decade of experience in IT infrastructure, software development and application security to help the business implement security measures and help them to better understand the risks and how to mitigate them, not just to demonstrate vulnerabilities. She is particularly interested in helping businesses understand and adopt security by design, security at speed, and security at scale—“DevSecOps” strategies in an optimal way!

In this episode LP and LV discuss Tanvi's courageous and inspiring story of how she went from being petrified of speaking and full of self-doubt, to speaking at The RSA conference (USA) in just a few short years.  Tanvi candidly shares her experiences, how she has taken positive steps to fight and overcome her fears of public speaking and the things she has learned including the tools she uses to help her prepare.  They also discuss some of the talks Tanvi has done since she graduated from Project Friedman, including her talk at RSA USA, the differences between speaking virtually v's in person PLUS the importance that we keep talking, the value of ongoing coaching and the need to celebrate those achievements.

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Lidia has been in the Information Security field for over 20+ years. Currently she is a Security Advisor / Architect in the financial sector and has experience in telecommunication and retail in a variety of defensive roles. She enjoys working on business initiatives, getting into the weeds and finding ways to solve complex security problems. She has an interest in Cloud Security, Security Design, Defensive Security, Vulnerability Management and Malware Defense. She is a review board member for Black Hat Asia, DevSecCon, the Diana Initiative, an organiser of BSides Melbourne, volunteer mentor for AWSN, spoken at many conferences internationally and nationally, a speaker coach/mentor for many global conferences and actively involved in the information security community.

In this episode, LP, LV and Lidia discuss Lidia's career journey, her path to speaking at Blackhat USA and how she managed, when she was thrown a last minute curveball on the eve of her talk! Lidia also talks about what inspired her to start BSides in Melbourne, how they have successfully made it 'Rookie' friendly and also shares some helpful tips on how to approach Call for Papers for conferences, as well as how to plan that path to becoming a keynote speaker.

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Shanna Daly has over 20 years experience across the information security industry. Shanna’s expertise has been called upon during countless data breach investigations, giving her an in-depth understanding of the security implementations that work, and the ones that don’t. Shanna continues to share her knowledge with the industry and has built and managed consulting teams of industry experts responding to all types of intrusions and breaches. Her experience across a wide range of information security domains gives her a unique perspective and a “think outside the box” attitude to securing organisations

In this episode, LP, LV and Shanna discuss her career, why she loves what she does and the importance of managing burnout, especially when you are passionate about what you do. They also chat about Shanna’s public speaking journey, how she overcomes nerves and her ambition to keynote at RSA as well as the inclusive, community conference she co-founded called ComfyCon.

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Alex is the Head of Australia for Cyber Risk at Kroll. A cyber security professional who has worked across multiple industries around the globe, her expertise includes cyber strategy, risk management and governance. Alex’s approach to cyber is built on communication and trust, much like her approach to public speaking. Outside of the industry, Alex is a passionate member of her community, sitting on the board of a local not-for-profit and hosting her own radio show.  In this episode they discuss where Alex is now with her public speaking, following her participation in the Project Friedman program back in 2019, including her most recent experiences of some last minute speaker requests. Alex also shares insights from her journey as a presenter live on local radio every Friday and her ambitions for her voice in the future.

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Jacqui is Executive Director and Founder of Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN). A cybersecurity expert with 2 decades experience in the industry, she is also an international keynote speaker, published author, and multiple award winner, with Jacqui most recently receiving AusCert’s 2021 Information Security Excellence award. She is also recognised for her work internationally, having been named an IFSEC top influencer for security thought leadership (2018) and as an ISACA Oceania CACS 2018 Women in Technology Leadership. They discuss Jacqui’s first ever presenting experience at an international cybersecurity conference in Washington DC, how it almost (but didn’t) put her off public speaking for life, how she overcame her fears and why she continues to speak today. Jacqui also shares her tips and trips on advocating for others and why using you voice, doesn’t have to just be about public speaking.

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Women Speak Cyber Co-Founders Louisa Partridge (LP) and Louisa Vogelenzang (LV) are joined by Shamane Tan. 

Shamane is Chief Growth Officer at Privasec, Founder of Cyber Risk MeetUps and Author of Cyber Risk Leaders book.

She is also an international keynote and TEDX speaker and was recognised as an IFSEC Global Top 20 Influencer, one of the Top 30 women in security in ASEAN Region and also named in the 40 under 40 list of Most Influential Asian-Australians.

They discuss Shamane’s inspiring journey to becoming a TEDX speaker, her lessons learned along the way and how she is using her voice positively, to bring communities together.

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Women Speak Cyber Co-Founders Louisa Partridge (LP) and Louisa Vogelenzang (LV) are joined by Jacqui Kernot - Partner at EY, Co-Founder of The Cyber Shift Alliance, Chair of Females in IT and Technology (IT&T) and Champion for women in cybersecurity.  They discuss the challenges women face in the workplace today, the leadership that is needed to create workplace cultures where all people can thrive, the speaking gigs to avoid and how saying yes to a speaking gig in Australia, ended with Jacqui and her Daughter, both speaking in Russia.

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Women Speak Cyber co-founders Louisa Partridge and Louisa Vogelenzang are joined by Entrepreneur, International Public Speaker and Author Jane Frankland. They discuss tips from Jane’s public speaking journey, how to go about getting those public speaking gigs, as well as some inspiring and thought provoking insights from Jane around women’s voices in Cybersecurity.

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