DG CNECT together with the Women4Cyber initiative from the European Cybersecurity Organisation (ECSO) have committed last year to create a registry of European women in cybersecurity.
Women4Cyber Registry was created to identify and build the community of women professionals in the field of cybersecurity.
It gathers women, with different profiles and could be a reference point for expert groups, event organisers, media, as well as collaboration and potentially business opportunities. The aim of this Registry is to encourage women professionals to come forward, become more active in the field and raise their own visibility as well as promote the Women4Cyber initiatives.
You would like to register?
The Woman4Cyber registry can now be found on the new Cybersecurity Atlas website: https://cybersecurity-atlas.ec.europa.eu/women-4-cyber
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Women4Cyber Registry
Emina Cesko
Personal Information
Nationality
Bosnian
Country of residence
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Languages
Bosnian, English
Profile
Company
PwC
Category
Operational
Position
Risk Assurance Associate
Areas of Expertise
Cybersecurity knowledge domains
Assurance, Audit, and Certification
Sector
Financial
Technologies and use cases
Information systems
Activities of interest
Expert groups
Job seeker
No
Biography
Publications
Online presence
Valerie FOLLMER
Personal Information
Nationality
French
Country of residence
Greece
Languages
Profile
Company
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
Category
Policy maker
Position
Communications Assistant
Areas of Expertise
Cybersecurity knowledge domains
Sector
Technologies and use cases
Activities of interest
Contribute to popularization of cybersecurity topics and work of international or EU organisations. Cyber diplomacy.
Job seeker
No
Biography
As I started in life, attracted as I was by ballet dancing and by literature, there was next to nothing to possibly lead me to such an area as cybersecurity.
I went to university and completed a master’s degree in English and American literature and civilisation studies at the university of Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux, France. I really would have opted for French literary studies, but I was really averse to studying Latin, that was compulsory… only to discover, to my dismay, that I would have to study Shakespeare instead.
With such a degree, there wasn’t too many jobs I could apply for. I didn’t want to be a teacher, so I had to find a job. I did find a lot of jobs, each of them as meaningless to me as the other. Secretary here, export assistant there, legal secretary, I did all of them. Those jobs were not difficult for me as I had also completed a Brevet de Technicien supérieur (BTS) as executive assistant and I was fluent in English, degree in hand and an experience of authentic British life in Cambridge, UK for about 4 years.
So, it wasn’t such a surprise I managed to be hired by ENISA as a human resources assistant back in 2005. I stayed in this role 13 years until a unique opportunity presented itself. When I moved to the policy unit, I was challenged to completely new tasks and this is when my life took a new turn, taking the path to cybersecurity. I engaged in corporate writing, contributed to articles on cybersecurity and projects.
Today I am part of the communications team and I enjoy working in a thriving environment around a topic in constant evolution and representing what I consider a rather extreme challenge for the end users this revolution is being imposed to.
This transformation of society cannot come without in-depth debates, discussions in every direction because it raises ethical, philosophical, psychological, educational questions that were never asked so far. And because this transformation affects the society as a whole, it changes its foundations. Questions we will have to answer today, in such a world, are: what will privacy mean and what will freedom mean. I am interested in this sort of debates, to possibly ensure the world will benefit from these technologies, and not end up as even worse dystopian worlds than those of Huxley’s or Orwell’s.
Publications
Article: "How technology has changed the world - A roadmap to ENISA" in the ENISA book "15 years of ENISA: a success story" October 2019.
Article: "European Cybersecurity Month: the EU awareness campaign for the EU citizens" (co-author) in "15 years of ENISA: a success story" October 2019.
Article: "L'interface culturelle dans Citrons Acides de Lawrence Durrell" Helladika, bulletin n°13 June 2001.
Online presence
Iryna Leroy
Personal Information
Nationality
Czech
Country of residence
Czechia
Languages
Profile
Company
Category
Position
ICT and Cyber Security, Reputation manager
Areas of Expertise
Cybersecurity knowledge domains
Sector
Technologies and use cases
Activities of interest
expert groups, interview
Job seeker
Yes
Biography
Lean six sigma Green Belt and Black Belt - for improve performance in operation and manufacture.
ISO/IEC 2700 & 27001 – information and cyber security standard.
Leverage business process, technology, communications to help coordinate, assess and document strategies and processes related to technologies.
Publications
Online presence
Ioanna DIONYSIOU
Personal Information
Nationality
Cypriot
Country of residence
Cyprus
Languages
Profile
Company
University of Nicosia
Category
Academic and researcher
Position
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Cybersecurity knowledge domains
Sector
Technologies and use cases
Activities of interest
expert groups, lectures
Job seeker
No
Biography
Publications
Online presence
Tamara KUCELJ
Personal Information
Nationality
Country of residence
France
Languages
Profile
Company
www.capteo.com
Category
Leader
Position
Director & Board member
Areas of Expertise
Cybersecurity knowledge domains
Sector
Technologies and use cases
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
Activities of interest
speaking opportunities, testimonials, lectures, interviews, expert groups
Job seeker
Yes
Biography
More than 17 years in Financial Industry and 7 y in Consulting (Digital transformation, focusing on data generally speaking, data protection & cyber security
Publications
https://www.capteo.com/ct-content/uploads/2018/08/CAPTEO_Publication-Blockchain_Juin2018.pdf
https://www.capteo.com/2020/05/15/covid19-as-a-chief-digital-officer/
https://www.capteo.com/2020/05/29/cyber_resilience/
Online presence
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamarakucelj/
https://twitter.com/tamara_kucelj