Recognizing The "Women of Cyber"
We will be recognizing the amazing #WomeninCyber. More progress in diversity is needed now! Please help support their efforts.

We will be recognizing the amazing #WomeninCyber. More progress in diversity is needed now! Please help support their efforts and other women seeking to get into cyber.
These talented women are making strong contributions to cyber and inspiring others to join cybersecurity as well. Not just in technical roles either as many may assume, but also non-technical and leadership roles.
Amazing line-up to come over the next thirty days…so stay tuned!
Thanks to Netsync for amplifying such a worthy cause. More amplifying companies to come.
Here is the line-up (subject to change) for the week of Mar 8-12th:
Mon – International Women’s Day – Three Amazing Women featured:
Theodora Lau, Founder Unconventional Ventures, Steering Committee Member at VC Innovations
Noureen Njoroge, Director of Global Cyber Threat Intelligence at Nike
Teresa Tonthat – Assistant Vice President of IT & CISO at Texas Children’s
Tue – Mary Balogun, Founder, Cyfendry Consulting | WSC Dallas Chapter Founder/President
Wed – Tyler Cohen Wood, Internationally recognized cybersecurity authority, former United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Cyber Deputy Division Chief & Senior Intelligence Officer
Thu – Stefanie Drysdale, Vice President | Cyber at Prescient
Fri – Kavitha Mariappan, Executive Vice President, Customer Experience & Transformation at Zscaler
Here is the line-up (subject to change) for the week of Mar 15-19th:
Mon – Mari Galloway, Board Member at The Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu, Recipient of Inaugural ISC2 Diversity Award
Tue – Heather Gantt-Evans, Chief Information Security Officer at SailPoint
Wed – Sarba Roy, IT Risk and Security Consultant, Membership Chair – WiCyS Oregon Affiliate, Chapter Lead – InfoSec Girls
Thu – Shakthi Priya Kathirvelu, Head of Information Security and IT – Funding Societies | Modalku Group
Fri – Tye Hayes, Chief Information Officer at City of Atlanta
Here is the line-up (subject to change) for the week of Mar 22-26th:
Mon – Teri Petrzelka, Vice President, BSO, Information Security Officer at Central Bank
Tue – Uma Rajagopal, CISSP, CEH – Information Security Evangelist at Capitol One
Wed – Monica Verma – CISO at Norwegian Directorate of Health and Board member for Cloud Security Alliance Norway
Thu – Shira Shamban – Co-founder and CEO of Solvo
Fri – Rosa Caputo – CEO KeyData Associates and One of Canada’s TOP 20 Women in Cyber Security
Here is the line-up (subject to change) for the week of Mar 29-Apr 2nd:
Mon – Page Glave, Analyst III, Data Security at Klein ISD, Information Technology.
Tue – Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer at Oracle Corporation.
Wed – Bindu Sundaresan, Director at AT&T Cybersecurity
Thu – Brenda A. Oppel, Colonel, USAF Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaaS)
Fri – TBA
Here are some posts from the amazing women so far:
Our next #WomeninCyber is Magda Chelly, @m49D4ch3lly an accomplished international #cybersecurity professional we want to recognize. More diversity in cyber! https://t.co/4zyEua296l@kmariappan @Shirastweet @sallyeaves @TamaraMcCleary @domyboo @digitalcloudgal @AbigailGennaoui pic.twitter.com/ItSQYRg2qT
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) February 24, 2021
Today's #WomeninCyber is Colonel Brenda Oppel @BrendaOppel, a highly accomplished #Cyberspace Warfare Officer in the #USAF. #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @digitalcloudgal @domyboo @tgravel @NetsyncNews @CarlaPlummer2 @thecybertea @marigalloway @usairforce pic.twitter.com/jT3v59ovEQ
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) April 1, 2021
Today's #WomeninCyber is Bindu Sundaresan, a widely recognized & accomplished #cybersecurity executive at AT&T #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @digitalcloudgal @domyboo @tgravel @NetsyncNews @Shirastweet @marigalloway @ATT @attcyber @ATTBusiness @sstoesser pic.twitter.com/BMHwePfusl
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) March 31, 2021
Today's #WomeninCyber is Mary Ann Davidson, a widely recognized & accomplished #cybersecurity executive & CSO at @Oracle #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @digitalcloudgal @domyboo @tgravel @NetsyncNews @Shirastweet @OracleSecurity @marigalloway @TamaraMcCleary pic.twitter.com/WfluentUWG
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) March 30, 2021
Today's #WomeninCyber is Monica Verma, OCSP, CISM, @MonTalksCyber, an accomplished #cybersecurity pro located in Norway. #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @digitalcloudgal @domyboo @tgravel @NetsyncNews @CarlaPlummer2 @thecybertea @marigalloway @melpre2010 pic.twitter.com/9a1HJx9KpC
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) March 24, 2021
Today's #WomeninCyber is Melanie Prevost @melpre2010, a recognized & accomplished #cybersecurity executive at @VinsonandElkins #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @digitalcloudgal @domyboo @tgravel @NetsyncNews @CarlaPlummer2 @thecybertea @marigalloway @psb_dc pic.twitter.com/b9JBp9fwHd
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) March 19, 2021
Today's #WomeninCyber is Heather Gantt-Evans, a recognized and accomplished #cybersecurity executive and #CISO at @SailPoint #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @digitalcloudgal @domyboo @tgravel @NetsyncNews @NataliaW @CarlaPlummer2 @thecybertea @marigalloway pic.twitter.com/fcnYecIjTs
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) March 16, 2021
Today's #WomeninCyber is Kavitha Mariappan @kmariappan a recognized and accomplished #cybersecurity & #CX executive at @zscaler #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @Shirastweet @domyboo @tgravel @NetsyncNews @NataliaW @CarlaPlummer2 @thecybertea @marigalloway pic.twitter.com/RoU34ShZKq
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) March 12, 2021
👏👏 Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay 👏👏
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) March 8, 2021
Our next #WomeninCyber is Teresa Tonthat @TonthatTeresa, a highly accomplished #cybersecurity executive we want to recognize. #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @Shirastweet @domyboo @psb_dc @tgravel @NetsyncNews pic.twitter.com/ox2nuw8iIC
👏👏 Celebrating International Women's Day 👏👏
— Mark Lynd 🎙CISSP ISSMP ISSMP (@mclynd) March 8, 2021
Our next #WomeninCyber is Noureen Njoroge @EngineerNoureen, a highly accomplished #cybersecurity executive we want to recognize. #Diversity 🙌 https://t.co/4zyEua296l@KarmenINTL @Shirastweet @domyboo @psb_dc @tgravel pic.twitter.com/eDv20ubRmF