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In 2015, women held 57 percent of all professional occupations<\/a>, but only 25 percent of computing positions. Even fewer women are found in software development, technology leadership and other key roles that have an\u00a0immediate impact on innovation.\u00a0Some of the biggest technology companies<\/a> in the world, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter are also contributing to this trend. 29.1 percent of Microsoft\u2019s workforce is made up of women, yet just 16.6 percent of them hold technical positions. Google\u2019s numbers are similar, where only 17 percent of the company\u2019s tech-related jobs are held by women.<\/p>\n

This trend of\u00a0inequality holds true when looking at the information security industry, where women represent just 11% of InfoSec professionals, according to a Symantec report<\/a>. But, while those statistics are troubling, it doesn\u2019t take away from\u00a0the extraordinary achievements made by women in the field. In honor of Women\u2019s History Month, we\u2019ve compiled a list of some of the strongest influencers in security, featuring some of the most influential and significant voices in the space.<\/p>\n

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Parisa Tabriz<\/a><\/strong> With close to 10 years of security experience at Google, Google’s “Security Princess” Parisa Tabriz has been with the search-giant for nearly a decade, and is currently responsible for managing Google’s security engineering team for Chrome,\u00a0helping to make the world’s most popular browser safer and more secure.<\/p>\n

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Runa Sandvik<\/a><\/strong> is the director of the Information Security newsroom at the New York Times, a former developer at the TOR Project, \u00a0and a Technical Advisor for the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the TrueCrypt Audit project. Sandvik tweets on encryption, freedom of information, and the\u00a0intersection of technology, law, and policy.<\/div>\n
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Kate Moussouris<\/a><\/strong> is the founder of Luta Security and former \u00a0Chief Policy Officer at HackerOne. She has extensive experience in the field, having worked at Microsoft and Symantec for several years. SC Magazine recently named Moussouris among 2014\u2019s Top Women in IT Security, and she has spoken at a number of high-profile conferences, including RSA.<\/div>\n
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Joanna Rutkowska<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0As founder of Invisible Things Lab and the Qubes OS project, Poland’s Joanna Rutkowska has established herself as an authority on security and stealth malware. Rutkowska and her team\u00a0have presented numerous new attack vectors on virtualization systems and Intel security technologies.<\/div>\n
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Allison Miller<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is an InfoSec pro with over15 years of infosec expertise focused on fraud prevention and network analysis. Miller has helped companies like Visa, PayPal, and Google manage\u00a0risk, and is regular speaker and presenter at InfoSec conferences and events. Miller currently serves\u00a0on the Board of Directors at (ISC)2<\/sup>.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Lesley Carhart<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0AKA @hacks4pancakes \u00a0is a self-described “full-spectrum cyber warrior princess”, a prolific tweeter, and currently Security Incident Response Team Lead at Motorola Solutions. Lesley is a 17 year IT industry veteran, including 8 years in information security (specifically, digital forensics and incident response). She speaks and writes about digital forensics and incident response, OSINT, and information security careers.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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