Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2022’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words with minor edits made by the editor for readability and where relevant, supplemented with additional commentary by their nominator.
This year, the awards are sponsored by Beazley, BT, KPMG and KnowBe4.
Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs, Cisco
What does your job role entail?
I guide Cisco’s security product strategy, marketing, investments, and other areas from a CISO and industry analyst perspective. I also represent Cisco externally on boards, committees, working groups, conferences, and policy discussions.
How did you get into the cybersecurity industry?
When I was working in system administration for Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) in Europe, I was promoted to lead cybersecurity for the EMEA investment banking division.
What is one of the biggest challenges you have faced as a woman in the tech/cyber industry and how did you overcome it?
One of the biggest challenges has been the lack of acknowledgment that I have commitments outside of work to my family, parents and myself. I don’t know whether it’s simply that women take on more of that labor and so it’s not visible when there are fewer women in the industry, or whether women in middle age like myself who have more of those com ..
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