Diversity And Inclusion - Not Just A Gender Gap
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Material argues diversity beyond gender and gives concrete actions and outcomes: revived InfosecGirls and OWASP Bangalore chapters, runs free trainings, performs CFP reviews and helps run conference crews, reports a training with 35+ attendees and monthly meetups growing to ~100 attendees, documents hiring a commerce‑background bug bounty hunter who becomes a security director, cites a Women Cyberjutsu award, and recommends hiring across backgrounds rather than filling quotas.
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chapters (29)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Diversity and Inclusion
- 3:03My journey
- 3:56Community
- 6:31Different Forms
- 7:34Cybersecurity
- 8:42Stephen Hawking
- 9:21Howard Research
- 10:31Change the dialogue
- 10:53Dividing the depleted workforce
- 12:21Gender diversity
- 13:50Bringing in more diversity
- 15:46Meritbased system
- 19:08Diversity in India
- 19:44Kerala ISO
- 21:36Mumbai and Bangalore
- 22:14Hospitality
- 25:19Preconceived notions
- 26:49Night shifts
- 27:56Making progress
- 35:36Role models
- 36:31How do we move forward
- 37:53Open up your mind
- 41:35Hiring managers
- 44:34Importance of community
- 46:22Key takeaways
- 47:52Dance
- 48:35References
- 49:49Questions
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