Nominations Open for Women in Security Awards 2015

ANN ARBOR, MI--(Marketwired - Jul 15, 2015) - Duo Security, a cloud-based access security provider protecting the world's largest and fastest-growing companies, today announced that nominations are open for its first annual Women in Security Awards. Winners will be announced during Black Hat USA 2015, August 1-6, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Women represent a growing and important force in security," said Lisa Paul, Duo's Vice President of Customer Success. "Duo is committing to many outreach efforts to promote diversity and bring more women into the security industry. These awards kick off those efforts by celebrating the contributions that women currently make and helping to inspire the next generation of women."

The Women in Security Awards are open to anyone who currently identifies as a woman and is actively involved in the information security industry. The Nominating Committee will submit nominations through July 3, 2015.

The Women in Security Awards include:

• Industry Award: Recognizing a female security professional who works or volunteers on projects related to information security
• Academic Award: Recognizing a full-time female student or staff member currently enrolled in a college or university taking classes, contributing to projects, or doing research on information security

With the Academic Award, Duo hopes to inspire students and staff to get involved in information security and to promote strong academic programs related to the information security field.

Nominees
Industry:

• Jaya Baloo, Chief Information Security Officer, KPN Telecom
• Kelly Lum, Security Engineer, Tumblr
• Eve Maler, VP Innovation & Emerging Technology, ForgeRock
• Allison Miller, Ads Risk, Google
• Katie Moussouris, Chief Policy Officer, HackerOne
• Adrienne Porter Felt, Engineer & Usable Security Researcher, Google
• Runa Sandvik, Contributor, Forbes
• Parisa Tabriz, Chrome Security Manager, Google
• Chenxi Wang, VP Cloud Security & Strategy, CipherCloud
• Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder Head of User Experience, CloudFlare

Academic:

• Dena Harito Tsamatis, Director Information Networking Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
• Ariana Mirian, Student, University Michigan
• Rachel Sitarz, Graduate Assistant, Purdue University
• Neha Thethi, Information Security Analyst, BH Consulting

Nominating Committee
The nominating committee represents renowned security experts and professionals, including:

Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer, Oracle
Renee Guttmann, Vice President, Accuvant
Wendy Nather, Research Director, Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center
Marcus Ranum, Chief Security Officer, Tenable
Bruce Schneier, Chief Technology Officer, Resilient Systems
Dug Song, Chief Executive Officer, Duo Security
Dawn Song, Professor, US Berkeley, Former Fellow, FireEye
Jennifer Steffens, Chief Executive Officer, IOActive

Award packages

The 2015 Industry Award winner will receive:

• Registration, flight, and hotel accommodations for Black Hat USA 2015
• Complimentary Briefing pass sponsored by Black Hat to Black Hat USA 2015
• A $2,500 stipend
• A speaking opportunity at a future Duo Security Summit Women's Leadership event

The 2015 Academic Award winner will receive:

• Registration, flight, and hotel accommodations for Black Hat USA 2015
• Complimentary Briefing pass sponsored by Black Hat to Black Hat USA 2015
• A $2,500 stipend

Nomination details

Women may be nominated for many different types of contributions, including:

• Significant contributions to the fields of information security and privacy
• Exceptional knowledge, leadership, and professionalism in technical, academic, or commercial domains
• Community involvement in the security industry beyond day-to-day employment
• Sharing knowledge, providing mentorship, and encouraging the empowerment and success of women in the security industry and related causes

Nominees will be narrowed down to a set of finalists for both awards based on nomination criteria. A panel of judges from across the security industry will then vote to determine the winners from among the finalists selected. Winners will be announced in August at Black Hat USA 2015.

For more information, go to www.duosecurity.com/women-in-security  

About Duo Security
Duo Security is a cloud-based access security provider protecting the world's fastest-growing and largest companies and thousands of organizations worldwide, including Box, Etsy, Facebook, K-Swiss, The Men's Wearhouse, NASA, Palantir, Paramount Pictures, Random House, Toyota, TripAdvisor Twitter, Yelp, Zillow, and more. Duo Security's innovative and easy-to-use technology can be quickly deployed to protect users, data, and applications from breaches, credential theft and account takeover. Duo Security is backed by Benchmark, Google Ventures, Radar Partners, Redpoint Ventures and True Ventures. Try it for free at www.duosecurity.com.