Jasprit Panaich’s early interest in tech was fueled by a love of video games. Faced with a broken computer and a wish to play, she began to fix and optimize her computer to be able to play video games on it.“I like the curiosity of it, I could just tinker away and break it, then learn how to fix it.” Jasprit, Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering at Elastic®, … [Read more...] about Jasprit Panaich on searching for a life beyond coding and the 2 transformational questions she likes to ask other women in tech
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How cybercriminals scam women ahead of March 8
Taking place every year on March 8 in many countries across the world, International Women’s Day is celebrated differently depending on the country: in some it’s a national holiday; in others it’s not a holiday but still widely observed. But what’s the same everywhere is that it’s a day when everyone’s eyes are on women from all walks of life; and when I write everyone’s, that … [Read more...] about How cybercriminals scam women ahead of March 8
Women in tech: Diana Todea shares her career journey to becoming a site reliability engineer
After completing a degree in political philosophy, Diana Todea pivoted to a role in IT customer service. While it seems like a big leap, it made sense for her. She comes from a family of engineers. “Asking questions is a part of who I am,” she says. “I’m an engineer at heart, I like seeing how things are constructed.”Diana started her tech career in her home country of Romania … [Read more...] about Women in tech: Diana Todea shares her career journey to becoming a site reliability engineer
New PEAPOD Cyberattack Campaign Targeting Women Political Leaders
Oct 13, 2023NewsroomEndpoint Security / Cyber Attack European Union military personnel and political leaders working on gender equality initiatives have emerged as the target of a new campaign that delivers an updated version of RomCom RAT called PEAPOD. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro attributed the attacks to a threat actor it tracks under the name Void Rabisu, which is also … [Read more...] about New PEAPOD Cyberattack Campaign Targeting Women Political Leaders
Women in tech: How Angela Chuang’s childhood sparked her dream of becoming a software engineer
As a young girl, Angela Chuang accompanied her father to the bookstore where they would browse books on software engineering together. He started his own business in software engineering and served as an inspiration to her. Later, she followed in his footsteps and became a software engineer herself. “I admire his self-motivation and diligence, which make him a role model in my … [Read more...] about Women in tech: How Angela Chuang’s childhood sparked her dream of becoming a software engineer
Women in Tech: Stephanie Harris explains how she switched careers from musician to software engineer
Stephanie Harris has always had an interest in computers, but her initial career path started out in a different direction. Now, she’s a Senior Software Engineer at Elastic. Since she was young, Stephanie says she’s always had the ability to take confusing concepts and make them “make sense,” a skill that helped her on her winding path which eventually led her to Elastic. While … [Read more...] about Women in Tech: Stephanie Harris explains how she switched careers from musician to software engineer
Embracing equity, crafting your career path, and other lessons from women at Elastic
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is #EmbraceEquity—something we take quite seriously at Elastic. In 2019 we conducted not one, but two, audits to ensure equal pay, and we provide men and women the same amount of paid parental leave within the first year of family formation. We also have an employee resource group dedicated to women whose mission is to help women … [Read more...] about Embracing equity, crafting your career path, and other lessons from women at Elastic
ERGs encourage you to come as you are: Meet Women of Elastic
Employee resource groups, or as we like to call them, Elastician resource groups, have been an informal part of Elastic’s culture since 2016. They started as Slack channels that any Elastician could join.These ERGs were formalized in 2021 to ensure that the members would have structure, budget, and ultimately, a voice based on any dimension of diversity, allyship, and advocacy. … [Read more...] about ERGs encourage you to come as you are: Meet Women of Elastic
Advocating for Passion, Kindness and Women in STEM
Over her 25-year-plus career, Saleema Syed has seen the information security industry from a variety of vantage points, all while championing women in technology. Syed worked as director of business systems and data management for Duo Security before rising to vice president of information technology. Later, after Duo was acquired by Cisco, she transitioned to new roles within … [Read more...] about Advocating for Passion, Kindness and Women in STEM
Someone Like Me: Tanisha L. Turner on breaking the bias for women in tech
Tanisha L. Turner didn’t set out to create a career in technology, or more specifically, cybersecurity. She wanted to go to medical school to become a cardiologist and was computer programming as a hobby. With support from her then boyfriend, now husband, she turned her hobby into an exceptional career.“I just thought it was fun,” Turner, now a Senior QA Engineer at Elastic, … [Read more...] about Someone Like Me: Tanisha L. Turner on breaking the bias for women in tech