Welcome to the Women in Security Podcast! This podcast is devoted to the world of information & cyber security and the great women who make it turn. In each episode, I sit down with a guest speaker to discuss their experiences and touch on some of the lesser known aspects of the industry. We'll shed light on the routes to the various technical and non-technical roles in this space, as well as exploring the skillsets required to be successful.
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S2E7 - Samana Haider on Security Research and Education
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Samana Haider is a Manager at Forcepoint's Security Labs. She is originally from Pakistan and has been living in Ireland for the last 16 years, and working in the security industry for the last 10 years. She graduated in Mathematics and Statistics, and holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science. She believes in giving back to the community, and ha…
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S2E6 - Orla Cox on evolution of Cyber, Post Mortem and Zero Days.
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Orla Cox is a security professional with over 20 years experience in cyber security. Most recently Orla was Director of Content Development at Symantec, where she was at the forefront of investigations into some of the most well-known cyber threats, such as Stuxnet and WannaCry. Orla speaks regularly at industry conferences and customer events on t…
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S2E5 - Laura Fitzgerald on networking and transferable skills
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In this episode, I sat down with Laura Fitzgerald, Principal Legal Counsel in Forcepoint, a global cyber security company. Laura is a lawyer based in Dublin and leads the EMEA legal function and has responsibility for the global engineering Centres of Excellence. In 2019, Laura was the only Irish woman selected by Banco Santander for the World 50, …
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S2E4 - Denise Murtagh on enabling the business, and OWASP
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Denise has been working in the IT industry for 15 years, with almost 10 specifically in IT Security. She has a BSc in Software Development and a MSc in Computer Security and Forensics from Dublin City University. In addition to being a busy mother of 3, Denise works in the Information Security team at Facebook, before Facebook she held positions at…
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S2E3 - Jennifer Cox on life, time management, dreams and goals
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Jennifer Cox has 14 years of experience in tech and in the Cyber Security industry. She works with techies across all of EMEA in enabling best practices and cyber exposure prevention. Jennifer is an advisory board member of the Leaders in Tech Ireland, WITS Ireland (Women in Technology and Science Ireland) and works hard to insure diversity and inc…
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S2E2 - Joanne O'Connor on Cyber Ireland, Cyber Women Ireland and Galway
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Joanne O'Connor brings her experience in public relations, UX, and project management to her current role as Cyber Security Training and Education officer at HPE. She is the lead of Cyber Women Ireland – which at a country level looks to encourage the advancement and capacity of women involved in all aspects of the Irish security sector and securit…
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S2E1 - Eimear Nelis on identity transformation and information sharing and a 2nd career.
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.Coming from a previous career as a University Research Academic and Professional Archaeologist, Eimear made the jump to Cybersecurity about 10 years ago; since then, she’s held Senior Management roles across Information Security, Privacy and Data Governance, and is currently focused on Identity and Access Governance. A self-confessed life-long lea…
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S1E10 - Louise O Hagan on Cyber Psychology, and how to identify phishing emails
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Louise O Hagan is the Education Officer in CyberSafe Ireland, which is a not-for-profit organisation, established in 2015, that works to educate children, parents and teachers to navigate the online world in a safe way -She has a masters in Cyberpsychology and is in write up phase of a PhD in the human element of cybersecurity ( her research is spe…
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S1E9 - Valerie Lyons on fulfilment, self exploration and kindness
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Valerie Lyons is a highly experienced and respected information security professional. An accomplished Information Security Risk Manager with extensive experience at senior level in the financial services sector, Valerie has a successful track record in delivering business-driven information security solutions. She has a strong focus on team develo…
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S1E8 - Lydia Behan on investigations, reverse culture shock and Girls in Tech
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Lydia Behan joined CRH, one of the world's leading building materials companies, in 2018. She joined the organization after moving back to Dublin from Toronto, Canada where she was a member of the Fraud and Financial Crimes Management Group at TD, the largest bank in Canada. At TD, Lydia was responsible for the management and development of the Thr…
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S1E7 - Michelle Garrigan on saying yes to opportunities and keeping children safe online.
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Michelle Garrigan has recently joined the Global Information Security team as Country Information Security Officer for Bank of America Merrill Lynch International in Ireland. Michelle brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in both financial services and information security, having worked across Retail and Corporate Banking, Supplier …
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S1E6 - Ciara Feeney on owning your identity, marathons and a safe environment
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In this episode, my guest is Ciara Feeney, Chief Information Security Officer at Athora. Ciara has worked in IT and networks for over 15 years managing large and complex IT environments. She started her career with BT in a 3 months contract which progressed to an 8 years career with them which saw her move from sales to engineering. She has also su…
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S1E5 - Martina Costelloe on cavemen cartoons, instincts and people centric security
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Martina Costelloe is a Security Risk Professional with 25 years’ experience in all aspects of Information Security in Financial Services. Having previously filled a number of roles in Information Technology with AIB, she joined SMBC Aviation Capital as Information Security Manager in December 2014. Areas of specialisation include risk assessment, s…
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S1E4 - Eliza-May Austin on purple teaming, Ladies of London Hacking Society and free education
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Eliza-May Austin is the CEO and Co-Founder of th4ts3cur1ty.company, who specialize in delivering intelligence lead adversary emulation purple teaming & the bespoke building of Security Operation Centers. Eliza is also the Founder and Director of Ladies of London Hacking Society, a passion project that has become one of London's leading technical se…
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S1E3 - Jacky Fox on career break, from raising kids to managing teams and Cyber Ireland
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In this episode, I sat down with Jacky Fox, Managing Director and Security Lead for Accenture Ireland. Prior to that. she led the cybersecurity and IT Forensic practice for Deloitte in Ireland and lectures on the MSc in Cyber Security for University College Dublin. She is also the vice chair of Cyber Ireland. She has 20+ years’ experience working i…
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S1E2 - Tammy Hawkins on social branding, cultural differences and finding the balance
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In this episode, my guest is the Director of Technical Services at Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, California. Previously, Tammy Hawkins served as Vice President of Cyber and Intelligence at Mastercard in Dublin, Ireland. During her decade at Mastercard, she led important security innovation initiatives which included launching one of the first m…
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S1E1 - Kelly McKillen on the importance of leveraging your network and when to listen to your inner critic
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In this episode, my guest is the Chief Information Security Officer at Truata, a Data Anonymization firm set up by IBM and MasterCard. Kelly Mckillen started her career with AIB, one of the leading financial institutions in Ireland, as a graduate and worked, over the years in several departments, before moving into Information Security. Kelly expla…
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Hi and Welcome to the Women in Security Podcast. This podcast is devoted to the world of cyber security and the great women who make it turn. In each episode, I sit down with a guest speaker to discuss their experiences and touch on some of the lesser known aspects of the industry. We'll shed light on the routes to the various technical and non-tec…
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