S1 E5: Challenges and opportunities for women in cybersecurity, mentorship programs and more w/ Dr. Ana Ferreira

Ana Ferreira is an Information Security expert, professor, and researcher at CINTESIS, Faculty of Medicine at University of Porto in Portugal. She did post-doc studies in Social-Technical Security at the University of Luxembourg; a PhD in Computer Science at the Universities of Porto and Kent, UK; and an MSc in Information Security at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of more than 110 scientific publications, with about 900 citations, in the areas of Cybersecurity in Digital Healthcare and Medical Informatics. She frequently participates as a Cybersecurity Expert Evaluator for the European Commission, in these areas. Ana is in the Top 100 most influential women in Cybersecurity in Europe, was selected as the Top 20 Most Inspiring Women in Cyber and also won the Cybersecurity Woman of the Year Awards 2022, in the category “Barrier Breaker”. Ana is the Co-Founder of Women4Cyber Portugal, where she leads the team for Research and Innovation and the Co-Founder and Vice-President of the Portugal (ISC)2 Chapter.  She holds the CISSP and the HCISPP international certifications.

In this episode, you will get some insights on:

• The most prominent challenges women face in cybersecurity area;
• The initiatives taken nowadays to help women land in cybersecurity;
• The impact of digital transformation in cybersecurity;
• etc.

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