Creating Connections: Highlighting women.
How is it already the end of Women's History Month 2024? Here at N2K CyberWire, our team has done our best to highlight some amazing women in STEM on our shows this month. We've shared some fantastic encores of past Career Notes podcasts where our guests share their career journeys in their own words including barriers they've encountered and accomplishments they wish to highlight. You can check out Career Notes here. We're always looking for guests at all levels of their careers in the industry to share their origin stories. If you would like to join us, please send me an email. I'd love to hear from you! Just as we started off the month celebrating International Women's Day with our Thoughts on International Women's Day 2024 article, we are topping off this month with a Reflections on Women's History Month piece sharing quotes from women in the industry offering advice and inspiring inclusion in all that we do.
Creating Connections: Embracing change.
It's getting to be that time of year when I am ready for change. Winter into spring, flowers starting to push through, longer days. My favorite time of year. I love the celebrations that happen now as well. It's exciting that we are coming upon International Women's Day and Women's History Month. We are bringing some changes here to Creating Connections as well. We are expanding our focus a bit to be more inclusive. You may have noticed the title. We are moving from Women in Cybersecurity toward embracing more women with Women in STEM. To that end, I welcome your thoughts and ideas and I welcome a larger audience encompassing a wider circle of women that we can create connections with. Please join us as we become Women in STEM. Cheers to this metamorphosis and the change around us!
Creating Connections: Exciting beginnings.
Welcome to our first issue of Creating Connections for 2024. This is the 5th calendar year that we are publishing this newsletter. We started the newsletter during the pandemic in 2020 when we were all in lockdown as a way to stay connected knowing many of us were feeling isolated. So much has happened since that first issue. We've returned to a level of "normalcy" - some returning to our offices, attending conferences in person, and even meeting colleagues for networking events face to face. The changes that occured in the past five years allowed us new ways of connecting, and for that I find myself thankful. I'm taking that gratitude into 2024 where I feel like my remote working life (that I had before the pandemic) is normal, and thanks to the pandemic, I am able to connect on new levels virtually with colleagues, friends, and the world at large.
Creating Connections: Looking back to look ahead.
Are you one who plans all the things out at the head of each year and then, when you reach this point, do you take stock and make sure you accomplished x% of your list? That was how I approached things, however I feel like I've changed that up and now celebrate achievements while still focusing on ways to improve in future. As such, I know that I have a lot of space to improve for 2024 in the women in cybersecurity realm. I'd love to have more contributions from our audience in 2024. Please let me know if you'd like to share your work be it through a written piece showcasing your research or a passion of yours in cybersecurity, Also always looking for interesting guests for our shows if you'd like to join us on one of the podcasts. I'm open to suggestions.
Creating Connections: Breaking through.
Well, it's been a minute. We've been in a bit of flux here and now we are back up and moving with Creating Connections. I hope you all have continued your support of the contributions women bring to the cybersecurity industry and each other. We were sad not to hold our annual women in cybersecurity event in October, and hope that you will join us later this week for an exciting new development by N2K Networks. On Thursday, November 9th at 2pm EST, our team is sharing a panel discussion: "Breaking Through: Securing the advancement of women in cybersecurity."