Michele Schochet, from Facebook, to Speak at Women in CyberSecurity Conference
PITTSBURGH (PRWEB) March 14, 2019 -- Five well-respected women are set to speak at the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) conference, March 28 to 30, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of those keynotes is Michele Schochet, the director of security at Facebook.
WiCyS is a unique conference that focuses on recruiting, retaining, inspiring and advancing women in cybersecurity careers while also including students, educators, industry, government, military and research organizations.
Schochet will talk about “Courage, Passion and Data: Boldly Challenge the Status-Quo in Perpetually Evolving Security Threat Landscape,” on Friday, March 29, 9:05 a.m. Facebook’s security is always under threat, and Schochet’s team works to inhibit an attacker’s ability to compromise its data or systems. She will discuss dealing with this worldwide platform’s cybersecurity and how technology solutions and a heightened sense of security awareness are combined to form this group that she directs.
She leads the crew responsible for building tools that protect Facebook’s corporate information assets and enables the secure growth of the Facebook community and company itself by empowering the workforce to move quickly, at scale and securely. She prides herself on maintaining technical connections with the engineers on her teams while keeping the big picture in perspective. That also enables her to examine how to encourage growth and scalability, a key focus in her career. As a working mother, Schochet has worked hard to maintain a work-life balance. This has benefited her in both spaces and brought her much success and happiness.
For more information on keynote speakers or the conference, visit http://www.wicys.org.
About Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS)
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is the premier organization with national reach dedicated to bringing together women in cybersecurity from academia, research and industry for knowledge sharing, experience, networking and mentoring. Established in 2013 by Dr. Ambareen Siraj from Tennessee Tech University through a National Science Foundation grant, WiCyS is a nonprofit organization offering many membership, sponsorship and collaboration benefits. The organization’s founding partners are Cisco, Facebook and Palo Alto Networks. WiCyS’ strategic partners include Facebook, Fidelity Investments, IBM, Lockheed Martin, SANS Institute, the Security Industry Association, PayPal and Target. The WiCyS Conference is an excellent opportunity for companies to connect with women candidates to recruit them into cybersecurity jobs.
Lynn Dohm, Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), https://www.wicys.org, +1 815.530.7307, [email protected]
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