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Women Leading in Cyber – Welcome to WiCyS 2019
It’s time for the annual Women in Cyber Security Conference (WiCyS). We’re proud that Cisco is once again a VIP sponsor as well as a Founding Partner of this motivating and important event. We have some great activities in store, including welcoming eight high school girls and their two chaperones a…
Scoring A Hat Trick in Barcelona
Last week, I attended Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Coincidently, the conference lined up with the Copa del Rey tournament game between Real Madrid and Barcelona. I have been a soccer (futbol) fan all my life: playing, coaching, and watching. After spending several days absorbing all tha…
Sponsorship fuels a rich and diverse pipeline
Take The Multiplier Effect pledge today. Sponsorship is essential to creating rich and diverse teams. Having a rich pipeline of diversity is very important for me as I believe diverse teams are the best teams. Two years ago at Mobile World Congress, Cisco introduced The Multiplier Effect, which asks…
Unlocking the Innovator Within Your Employees
Digital disruption, accelerated global competition and heightened consumer expectations are transforming industries around the globe, reshaping markets, creating new business models and overturning long-standing incumbents. As a result, companies are realizing they must become more innovative – and…
Coming Together for a Day of Understanding
In 2017, our CEO Chuck Robbins joined with over 500 other corporate leaders in signing the global CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ Pledge – a commitment to take action on creating more diverse and inclusive companies. Today, Cisco is again joining with these companies to recognize De…
Living By Cisco’s Principles
You never know who you’re going to meet, or what reminders are out there for you with each new day. While attending this year’s GSX (Cisco’s annual sales conference) in Las Vegas, I stepped into a hotel elevator and met an elderly woman. We shared a smile, and she followed it up with a question – “A…
Thinking Global and Acting Local to Close the Skills Gap
Cybersecurity empowers organizations to enable trust, move faster, add value and grow. In order for cybersecurity to live up to that promise, it will require an increase in talent and new skills to take on the volume and sophistication of today’s threat landscape. According to industry analysts, the…
Diversity, Inclusion, Equality – Be You, With Us at Cisco
I count myself as fortunate. I am supported by an amazing family and friends, a fantastic team, and a company that understands that being yourself allows you to bring your best to work. At Cisco, it isn’t just policy or a marketing pitch to “be you, with us” – it is our culture, and that culture is…
Be Fearless: Advice to My 15-Year-Old Self on Pursuing a Cyber Career
I’ve been fortunate to have a great career. While I was drawn to math and science in school, it was rare for a woman to get a STEM-related job in the 1980s, but I did, and at NASA! What a start. That role led by happenstance to my working on the Morris Worm, one of the first big computer worms in hi…