Panel: Women in Security
summary
Panelists give concrete numbers and fixes not platitudes They cite 35% in 1985 to 17% in 2011 for CS degrees and tie that to attrition at every career stage They name causes like imposter syndrome, burnout, biased assumptions, and uneven family support They list actions that work mentoring networks and male allies unconscious bias training industry pipelines like Executive Women's Forum Grace Hopper Girls Who Code and company perks plus policy changes such as paid parental leave and subsidized daycare and real strategies for retaining women in engineering pathways
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 0:47How You Got into Security
- 2:39How Did I Get into Security
- 6:25Lisa Napier
- 12:19The Reasons for the Attrition of Women Dropping out of Tech
- 20:34Female Vice President at Ebay
- 21:59Hidden Bias
- 23:18What Do You See as some of the Biggest Obstacles in the Industry
- 24:15Fatigue
- 26:23Imposter Syndrome
- 34:41Balancing Work and Family Life
- 38:25The Executive Women's Forum
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