 Although I'm Toby Beacon, Australian ambassador for cyber affairs, I've been lucky enough to work in the cyber affairs field for the past 15 years and I've had the privilege of working with and being inspired by some incredible people all around the globe and you know what, they happen to be women. And today I wanted to share with you some of these people, the amazing cyber women who just provide inspiration wherever they go in the hope that you'll see what they do understand that they're carved down the most incredible careers in cyber, so be inspired, follow in their footsteps and make your own path. My name is Marina Agalurand, I'm former Estonian Foreign Minister and I have the pleasure of chairing the Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace, for whom is cybersecurity for everybody. We have stereotypes, we have stereotypes that only boys are both programmers, we have stereotypes that cyber is too complicated for women, that's not true. And that's why I'd like to encourage all women, all young girls to be active in cyber world, you will find what's interesting for you. If you like computing, if you like programming, you can do that. If you like cyber hygiene, you can learn and lecture about that. If you want to do cyber diplomacy, welcome to the club, we're waiting for you to come and join us in cyber diplomacy. I encourage you all and I welcome you to the woman cyber world. Hi, I'm Melissa Hathaway from the United States of America and I had the opportunity to lead the Comprehensive National Cyber Security Initiative for President George W. Bush and I had the opportunity to lead the cyberspace policy review for President Barack Obama. And today I have my own consultancy where I'm helping governments and companies all around the world manage cyber risk and understand the global threat to their infrastructures and businesses. I'm a storyteller, I'm a translator and I'm an ambassador and I think of it as I have the opportunity to work from the board room to the sit room and the front lines to the back office and it's a unique combination that I can bring and that I get to have the opportunity to work with. And my advice to you as you're starting to think about your career, need to understand what you're passionate about and why you get up every day. I need to think about the only person that's limiting you and your future is yourself and don't allow the system to tell you that you can't do it and that it can't be done. You need to recognize the talent around you and help lift them up and understand when there's an opportunity that's given to you and take it and run with it. And then finally I think it's really important to be passionate about what you're doing. Be persistent about making a difference to partner as much as you can and then at the end of your career or at the end of each job or the end of each day, you'll know you've made a global difference too. Bonjour, my name is Frédéric Douzé, I'm a French professor of geopolitics at the University of Paris 8 and the director of the Gas Texture of Cyber Strategy at the Institute of Higher National Defense Studies. A piece of advice for women who want to go in cyber? Well, it's a men's world, so by all means keep your sense of humour and go geek ass. I'm Sarah Taylor and I'm director of cyber for the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This year I'm also the UK's expert on the United Nations group looking at ICTs in international security and I've led cyber dialogues with India, China, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Singapore and that's the best part of my job. I get to go all over the world and help build agreement on how we're going to protect and promote an open, free, peaceful and secure cyber space. Those aren't always easy discussions and there are many areas of uncertainty ahead but it's a new field and I get to play a part in shaping the future and show my daughters that they can expect to do the same. And what advice would I give to women thinking about a career in cyber? It's not all engineering and coding. Yes, we need great women engineers and coders but we also need lawyers and policymakers and researchers and admin assistants and PR experts and whether you're in government or the private sector or civil society we all have a stake in shaping an open, free, peaceful and secure cyber space. So come join me, we need your help. I'm Sandra Ragh and I head the cyber policy team at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra, Australia. I was a key architect of the Australia's cyber security strategy and in my day to day role I have the absolute privilege of advising the Prime Minister and Ministers on cyber security matters. I think I would just encourage people to just go for it. There are so many different roles and jobs that you can have be it deep technical roles or a policy like myself, legal, diplomatic fields. My name is Catherine Getau, I'm the ICT Secretary which means I give high level policy and strategic advice to the government of Kenya. I think many women combine artistic flair with scientific and mathematical ability and ICT enables you to use all your strengths and talents and it's a wonderful area where women are succeeding and can continue to succeed because we are so flexible and good at what we do so go for it. My name is Virginia Aguilar and I work at the Coordination Center of NATO's Computer Incident Response capability. My main job there is doing post-incidence analysis and threat assessments and I love it because since cyber incidents are always evolving I never analyze the same thing twice. You woman, you are thinking coming to cyber? Well, my advice to you would be focus. Choose this area that you really feel passionate about and start building your knowledge around it. I promise you will never get bored. We are waiting for you. Hello, I'm Professor Jill Slay. I'm Professor of Cybersecurity at UNSW in Canberra and I'm Director of UNSW's Australian Center for Cybersecurity. My passion actually is to deal with Australia's national security. This is what drives me as a researcher. The favourite part of what I do nowadays is to develop new curriculum and to work with younger researchers to mentor them into understanding the depths of multidisciplinary cybersecurity. I think my advice to women is to understand and maybe to get a mentor or somebody to guide you into understanding what cybersecurity is or what it could be. Because I believe that it's equally economics and marketing as much as it is telecoms or computer science. In fact, what we need to do is to merge those things together. My name is Lizzie Adamson and I'm originally from Estonia but I'm currently working in The Hague. I'm a PhD candidate in the cyber norms program. The best part is the interdisciplinary nature of it, meaning I'm a lawyer by background but I'm sort of doing international relations now as well. And if I can combine the academic side and the practical side and sort of pick and choose from technology, from law, from policy, then that's what I love the most. For any woman considering doing cybersecurity, I would just say go for it. Have personal courage, meaning stand up for your ideas. Don't be afraid to go against the mainstream opinion if you really believe in something. Hi, my name is Nihoko Matsubara. I'm a chief security officer in Japan for parallel networks in Tokyo. I think cybersecurity is really dynamic and exciting. Every single aspect of our daily lives, national security, and business operations are so dependent on information technologies and cybersecurity can make it happen. I really want to emphasize that there is no single way to get into this important field because any insights or background or culture are so needed to make cybersecurity stronger. I really look forward to working with you. Thank you very much for your interest in cybersecurity. It's very exciting and rewarding. My name is Sifit Karach. I represent the United Nations Secretary General in Lebanon. I'm originally from the Netherlands but I work for the UN so my color is blue. Cyberspace issues of cyber stability and security are in a way a new frontier to all of us and it's part of the future security of the world. My advice to women is get the knowledge, experience, technical know-how, lean in, if your passion is in this field, go for it. I'm Tiffany Okiole. I'm Nigerian. I'm a senior Agile project manager for an IT company in Melbourne. Although IT is currently a male-dominated field, women's perspectives to the solutions we develop are increasingly sought after. The advice that I'd like to give women who are considering getting into the IT sector is go for it. I've been in this industry for about nine years and I love it and I'm not going anywhere. I am Maria Lehto. Ambassador and senior expert at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The part of my work that relates to cyber security and international is fascinating. My advice to cyber women and to all professional women entering an area that is male-dominated, it's this. Help each other, lend a hand to each other and you will be rewarded. Well, my role is one of both a policy planner, a manager, and a negotiator. I help to plan how the U.S. will accomplish its strategic objectives in cyberspace using diplomatic means. For 19 years, I have worked on cyber issues. What I love most about this job is that in contrast to many other security issues, information technology provided a brand new slate upon which to shape and guide the development of foreign policy. Well, five or ten years is a very long timeline when it comes to cyberspace issues. But since I have been consumed by issues of war and peace in this area for quite a long time, I still see that issues of war and peace will become even more salient as time goes on. We have to get a better handle on how we deal with the vast variety of bad actors in cyberspace. My name is Elie van de Hoefel. I have been in cyber security for nine years now, first as head of the Dutch National Cyber Security Center and the last two years as secretary to the Dutch Cyber Security Council. The best part of my job is the fact that I am contributing to a more secure future of the next generation. A lot of cyber security experts are needed right now, will be needed in the future. To women more in general, I would say just trust your skills, trust your talents and don't be modest. Hi, my name is Trudy. I currently a cyber security consultant and work at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The best part of my job is problem solving, investigating and understanding security events so they can be prevented in the future. The best advice that I could give other women looking for a job in cyber security is if you're interested in problem solving and have great attention to detail, you're really suited to a job in cyber security. My name is Elina Noor and I'm the director of foreign policy and security studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia. One of the best yet hardest parts of my job is being constantly challenged to offer pragmatic policy responses to a host of security issues confronting the Asia Pacific as one of the world's fastest rising regions. Some of these issues like territorial disputes are not new but continue to this day to confound us in very different ways. Other issues like cyber are indeed new and will continue to only grow in importance and profundity as we move forward into the future. Sometimes these sets of old and new issues interact, coincide and overlap with each other, forcing us to think of their potential impact and implications on regional peace, stability and security in innovative ways. There is no doubt that this field is dominated by men. But if I could offer some words of encouragement to the girls and women out there, don't be intimidated. We are defined by our gender, but we are not defined solely by our gender. So be bold, be brave, support and count on each other, both men and women. Push boundaries, do it often with a smile and always with humility. Good luck. So as you can see, there are some incredible cyber women all around the globe carving a pathway in cyber affairs. Be inspired, get them all joined.