Where Are the Women in Cyber?
Let’s Run the Numbers
In 2022, the cybersecurity field employs 24% women and 2% LGBTQ+ minorities. We want to boost those numbers.
By 2030, when 75% of the workforce will be Millenial and Gen-Z. We hope to foster a more diverse, inclusive, and representative environment to welcome the next generation.
Cyber can change the lives of so many traditionally held back by systemic bias. We want everyone to share in that possibility and success.
Meet the Cyber Queens
Women often shift to cyber as a secondary career.
We want to encourage women to make a career in tech their first choice.
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Maril Vernon
She also serves as the COO of Hacker in Heels, a women’s cybersecurity coaching service founded by Stacey Champagne.
Maril is also COO of Teach Kids Tech. This non-profit organization provides technology and educational resources to underprivileged children and increases technical capability and cyber awareness in tomorrow’s workforce.
One Woman Purple Team | Ethical Hacker | Cybersecurity Woman of the Year 2023
Maril Vernon (@SheWhoHacks), known as the “One Woman Purple Team'' is an award-winning Ethical Hacker, Senior Application Security Architect, and Purple Team Program Manager — a niche in offensive security testing that has recently gained popularity demonstrating cyber resilience in the advanced threat landscape.
Maril is also Co-host and Co-founder of The Cyber Queens Podcast, an all-female-lead podcast aimed at increasing female and LGBTQ diversity in cybersecurity.
@SHEWHOHACKS
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Stacey Champagne
She created the Changemakers program, a six-week program that helps career pivoters decipher the noise and map out actionable, well-informed steps to enter the industry.
Stacey also provides award-winning inspiration, advice, mentorship, and coaching to dozens of women weekly inside the Hacker in Heels membership community.
Founder & CEO of Hacker in Heels | WSC Cyber Advocate of the Year
Stacey Champagne is the Founder & CEO of Hacker in Heels, a company disrupting the cybersecurity industry with tools and strategies for women to claim six-figure salaries, rise to top positions, and create a work culture that supports the next generation of cybersecurity talent.
@Staceychampagne
RECURRING GUEST HOST
AMBER DEVELISS
Teach Kids Tech Founder | Security Advisor | Inclusivity Advocate
Mom. Security Advisor. Author/Illustrator. Big fan of inclusivity.
Amber started Teach Kids Tech with one goal in mind: to create a level playing field where every child in every community has the opportunity to succeed in technology.
A maverick at heart, she advocates for nontraditional career paths into technology and provides how-to guidance on breaking into the field through her educational TechTok videos on social media, and is the author and illustrator of the children’s book, The Little Cyber Engineer. As an advocate for diversity and inclusion, she sits on the board of directors for both LIFT Women in Security, and The Cyber Queens Podcast.
@engineeramber
