Almost two weeks ago, at RSA Con 2016, Alex Dewedney, Director of Cyber Security at CESG admitted that we were losing the war against cybercrime despite throwing money at the problem. Being a problem that’s too big for any one company or country to solve, entrepreneur, Jane Frankland looks at three emerging trends, the role of women in cyber security, and lays out a plan, showing how the cyber security community can work together to resolve the issue. It’s a big vision for cooperation, with a payoff that goes far beyond averting disaster. She asks: How can we use this crisis to spur better security for all?

1. THE STATE OF CYBER SECURITY:
AND WHAT WE MIGHT DO ABOUT IT
Jane Frankland, hello@cybersecuritycapital.com
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2. Agenda
• I’m going to talk about:
• The state of the industry and 3 current emerging trends
• The significance of women in relation to these
• What changes we need to make so our industry becomes
stronger
• My objective is to:
• Share some insights and stories so lessons may be learnt
• Inspire and empower you
• Get a commitment from you

3. Who am I?
• Jane Frankland -
entrepreneur, speaker,
consultant and author
• SC Magazine Awards Judge
(Europe)
• Board Advisor for ClubCISO
• Cyber Security Woman of
the Year 2016 (nominee)
• Mum to 3 kids

4. We’re losing the cyber war
• Alex Dewedney, Director of Cyber Security at CESG
admits at RSA Con that we’re losing the war against
cybercrime despite throwing money at the problem.
• “We can point to lots of achievements around
understanding the threats much better, about taking
steps to mitigate those threats, addressing the national
skills base and so on but, nationally, we are not winning
the fight on cyber security,”

5. 3trends

6. 1. Cybercrime is increasing
• Lloyd’s of London estimates that cyber attacks will cost
businesses as much as $400B a year (includes direct
damage plus post-attack disruption to the normal
course of business).
• Juniper research predicts that the rapid digitization of
consumers’ lives and enterprise records will increase
the cost of breaches to $2.1T globally by 2019.
• The World Economic Forum says a significant portion
of cybercrime goes undetected (e.g. industrial
espionage where access to confidential documents and
data is difficult to spot).
• Panda Labs estimates that 40% of all computers in
certain countries — including China, Ecuador and
Turkey — are now infected with some type of malware.

7. 2. The skills gap is widening
According to Cisco there 1M global cyber security job
openings. Demand is expected to rise to 6M globally by
2019, with a projected shortfall of 1.5M.

8. 3. The way we work is changing

9. THE ROLE OF WOMEN
HOW CAN WOMEN HELP TO IMPROVE THE CRISIS
WE HAVE ON OUR HANDS?

10. Economics
• McKinsey & Co. reported that full gender
equality would add 26%, or $28T, to
global gross domestic product by 2025.
• Productive, innovative and able to stay
on schedule and within budget,
compared to homogenous teams.
• When women are in leadership roles,
there’s more diversity in the workforce,
contributions to charities and support of
local businesses.
• When women are politically and
economically empowered societies are
more stable.
Cyber Security
• Women think differently to men.
• We’re genetically programmed to be risk
averse (due to our ability to give birth) and
therefore seek security.
• When men and women work together in
cyber security we can do a better job of
protecting our environments and thwarting
attacks.

11. Women have played crucial roles in
computing from the start
• 1840s Ada Lovelace (the first
programmer) created an algorithm that
the first modern computer (the
Analytical Engine) used.
• 1940s - During WW II, women at
Bletchley Park were instrumental in
breaking code.
• At this time too, women programmed
the US Army's Electronic Numerical
Integrator And Computer (ENIAC) - the
first electronic general-purpose
computer.
• 1950s Grace Hopper came up with the
first computer compiler and then
established the programming language
COBOL. Mary Keller helped develop
BASIC and Radia Perlman built some of
the protocols of the early Internet. Elsie
Shutt founded one of the first US
software businesses, Comp Inc, and Dina
St Johnston founded the first British
software company, VPS.
• In the 1960s Dame Steve Shirley started
a software company called Freelance
Programmers.

12. In 1967, Cosmopolitan Magazine wrote an article called The Computer
Girls, which proclaimed: “Now have come the big, dazzling computers
– and a whole new kind of work for women: programming.”

13. All time highs: the 1980s
• Women in computing were at an all time high of 38%
and in security we were well and truly on a roll. We had
women like Becky Bace, known informally as the
‘mother of computer security’ directing research in
information security for the U.S. Department of Defence
and teaching the first generations of cyber security
professionals.

14. All time lows: today

15. 5 CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE NUMBERS OF WOMEN IN
CYBER SECURITY & THE STATE OF OUR INDUSTRY

16. CHALLENGE ONE
We need to get better at developing
and attracting talent.

17. In schools
• Despite technology forming such an integral aspect of our working
lives, even in 2016 girls still don’t get as much opportunity to use
computers in schools as boys. Ignorance, stereotypes and biased
approaches still exist.
• Raytheon and the National Cybersecurity Alliance surveyed the
career interests and educational preparedness of millennials (ages
18 to 26) in 12 countries around the world, 62% of men and 75% of
women said no secondary or high school computer classes offered
the skills to help them pursue a career in cyber security.
• STORY - ANJA

18. In universities
Universities are not adequately preparing students for the
cyber security workplace.

19. From elsewhere

20. CHALLENGE TWO
We need to get better at marketing
and communications.

21. Understand our buyers’ needs
Candidates (diversity)
Vendors/
Consultancies/
StartupsCISOs
3 STAKEHOLDERS

22. IBM: HackAHairDryer

23. CHALLENGE THREE
We need to define the industry and
showcase the variety of roles.

24. STORY - TOM

25. Resources

26. Community & knowledge share
The Book The Conference

27. CHALLENGE FOUR
We need to improve our
recruitment processes.

28. Recruitmen
t agencies
Recruitment
Agencies
Human
Resources
Competance
versus
Confidence

30. CHALLENGE FIVE
We need to offer workplace
flexibility and recalibrate culture.

31. Gen Ys (1981-95) will make up 50% of the workforce in 4 years & 75% in 9
years and they’re the largest generation (75M) after the Baby Boomers (80M).

32. WHERE DO WE GO
FROM HERE?

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