{"id":28516,"date":"2022-09-16T14:03:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T18:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itworldcanada.com?p=503374"},"modified":"2022-09-19T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:12:08","slug":"women-in-cyber-day-symposium-to-focus-on-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/women-in-cyber-day-symposium-to-focus-on-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Cyber Day symposium to focus on education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-ar-index=\"0\">The Canadian-based <a href=\"https:\/\/womencybersecuritysociety.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/womencybersecuritysociety.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1663424904025000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0CnHdzy4-su-o0gCFCD9hS\">Women CyberSecurity Society\u00a0<\/a>is celebrating\u00a0<span class=\"gmail_default\">its fourth<\/span> annual International Women in Cyber Day next week with a day-long virtual symposium consisting of talks, workshops, panel discussions, and awards.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/womenincyberday.com\/events\/iwcd-symposium-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The event takes place Tuesday, September 20th,<\/a> and starts at 11 a.m. Eastern\/8 a.m. Pacific. This year\u2019s theme is Education, Safety, and Security of Women and Girls. <a href=\"https:\/\/account.canapii.com\/events\/international-women-in-cyber-day-symposium-2022\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration is here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"2\">Portions of the program will focus on cybersecurity training and best practices for securing accounts and personal devices to lower risk of cyber attack and compromise of personal digital identity and assets.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"3\">The keynote speaker is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/alaina-r-clark\" rel=\"noopener\"> Alaina Clark<\/a>, assistant director for stakeholder engagement at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"4\">Also featured will be an International Women in Cyber Day Founder\u2019s Award.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"5\"><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u201cOur work aligns with the UN\u2019s Sustainability Development Agenda goals that includes quality education, g<\/span>ender equality<span class=\"gmail_default\">, work and economic growth,\u201d said society chief executive officer Lisa Kearney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"6\">She noted that Canada<span class=\"gmail_default\"> is working on this through its<\/span>\u00a0<em>Action Plan for the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security<\/em><span class=\"gmail_default\">. Last year, the Women CyberSecurity Society was a Canadian delegate on the Commission on the Status of Women dedicated to these issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"7\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itworldcanada.com\/article\/women-in-cyber-day-symposium-to-focus-on-education\/503374\">Women in Cyber Day symposium to focus on education<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itworldcanada.com\/\">IT World Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian-based Women CyberSecurity Society\u00a0is celebrating\u00a0its fourth annual International Women in Cyber Day next week with a day-long virtual symposium consisting of talks, workshops, panel discussions, and awards. The event takes place Tuesday, September 20th, and starts at 11 a.m. Eastern\/8 a.m. Pacific. 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