ICMCP Announces All-Women’s CISO Session; Led by: Edna Conway, CISCO Chief Security Officer

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Aug 29, 2019, 08:05 ET


ATLANTA (PRWEB) August 29, 2019 -- The International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals’ (ICMCP) Fourth National Conference today announced one of their PREMIERE PROGRAMS: “CISO: A Woman’s Perspective,” which will be moderated by industry leader, Edna Conway, Chief Security Officer of Global Value Chain, CISCO; the session will be on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.

The women joining Conway for what is sure to be a very interesting and inspiring session, are Emily Heath, CISO-United Airlines; Shamla Naidoo, CISO-IBM; and Kirsten Davies, CISO-Estee Lauder Companies.

“We are so very grateful to all of these outstanding individuals – their commitment to the mission of ICMCP, and their time for this great session – we are all very much looking forward to being a part of this one!,” stated ICMCP President, Aric Perminter.

ICMCP has announced an impressive list of speakers for this year’s event. The full conference agenda is available at https://conference.icmcp.org/agenda.html.

This group will be joined by a distinguished list of over 25 presenters on key topics that impact minority cybersecurity professionals and organizations, including:

  • Chris Young, CEO – McAfee
  • Rita Mitjans, CDO – ADP
  • Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster, Dean – Georgia Tech
  • Rodney Sampson, CEO & Chairman – The Opportunity Hub
  • Patrick Gaul, Executive Director - NTSC

To register visit https://app.certain.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x3005953abcd.

About ICMCP
The International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP) was created as a 501(c)(3) non-profit association dedicated to the academic and professional success of minority cybersecurity students and professionals. Our mission is to achieve the consistent representation of women and minorities in the cybersecurity industry through programs designed to foster recruitment, inclusion, and retention – one person at a time. The ICMCP tackles the "great cyber divide" with scholarship opportunities, diverse workforce development, innovative outreach, and mentoring programs. For more information or to become a sponsor, please visit https://www.icmcp.org, follow @ICMCP_ORG on Twitter or visit the ICMCP LinkedIn page.

Doug Yarabinetz, ICMCP, http://www.ICMCP.org, 412-477-1615, [email protected]