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NTT Security launches Women in Cybersecurity
Awards in Europe
TT Security, a specialised
security company and
centre of excellence in
security for NTT Group, has launched
its inaugural Women in Cybersecurity
Awards as part of an initiative to
recognise and inspire talented female
professionals and newcomers in the
cybersecurity industry.
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The new awards, developed in
partnership with Global Digital
Women (GDW), will recognise the
voices of women in cybersecurity
across Europe and change
perceptions of them as well as
inspire young women to consider
a career in the sector. There are
two categories: ‘Newcomer’, which
celebrates women who have been
working in the cybersecurity sector
for under five years or who have
recently completed a cybersecurity-
based degree and ‘Professional’ for
women who have been managing a
cybersecurity team or been involved with
the industry for five or more years.
The awards are open for entries until
August 16 in the DACH region: Germany,
Austria and Switzerland, and until
September 13 in Northern Europe: UK,
Benelux and Nordics.
Finalists will be chosen by a panel
of independent experts, with the
winners announced at Information
Security World (ISW), a series
of established industry events
held by NTT Security in Vienna
on September 17 and London on
October 15.
F-SECURE’S NEW UNIT FOCUSES ON ‘GOLDILOCKS ZONE’
OF TACTICAL DEFENCE
ybersecurity provider F-Secure
is creating a new unit
dedicated to building on the
company’s tradition of providing industry
leading protection.
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The new team, called the Tactical
Defense Unit, comprises researchers
and analysts responsible for
operationalising holistic protection
strategies that ensure F-Secure’s
award-winning products and services
evolve faster than the threats facing
people and organisations.
The new unit is headed by F-Secure
Vice President Christine Bejerasco,
who previously served as F-Secure’s
head of consumer security desktop
research and development. The unit’s
focus is on developing defensive
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mechanisms and preventative measures
that address current and near-future
security problems.
It’s an area that Bejerasco calls the
‘Goldilocks zone’ because it helps
bridge the long and short-term security
needs of people and organisations
based on what’s already happening in
the threat landscape.
outlook and more immediate needs,”
said Bejerasco.
“We’re building more comprehensive,
efficient security mechanisms that help
our products and services evolve based
on threats we already see developing
without depending on constant updates.”
“F-Secure does plenty of research
around discovering new vulnerabilities
that will shape future threats and has
plenty of professionals going head-
to-head with attackers in real-time on
behalf of the organisations and people
that trust us. The Tactical Defense
Unit works hand-in-glove with these
processes but primarily focuses on the
‘Goldilocks zone’ between the long-term
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