The 2021 edition of the annual Women Leaders in Cybersecurity panel discussion will be held via Zoom on December 7 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The event will open with a keynote address delivered by Melissa Hathaway, president of Hathaway Global Strategies LLC, and former Cybersecurity Chief of the National Security Council. Hathaway served under two U.S. presidential administrations, spearheading the Cyberspace Policy Review for President Barack Obama after leading the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) for President George W. Bush. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada.

Moderated by Judith Germano, a Distinguished Fellow and Women Leaders Program Chair for the NYU Center for Cybersecurity, For the balance of the session, a group of cybersecurity professionals from industry, government and academia will engage in an interdisciplinary discussion of the legal, policy, technological and ethical issues involved in countering ransomware attacks, and assaults on supply chains and critical infrastructure.

The other panelists are:

Edna Conway
Vice President, Security and Risk Officer
Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure,
Microsoft
Member,
Advisory Council NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Executive Committee, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Task Force on ICT Supply Chain Risk Management

Deneen DeFiore
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
United Airlines
Board Member, Internet Security Alliance
Former Senior Vice President Global Chief Information & Product Security Officer
GE Aviation

Micaela McMurrough
Partner
Covington and Burling, LLP
Former United States Presidential Leadership Scholar
Former Intelligence Officer
Military Intelligence Branch, U.S. Army

The event is the sixth in a series of Women Leaders in Cybersecurity panel discussion and the second to be held in a virtual format.

To register, go to: https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1-uvp1aRReuNCqKZN6Pliw