Transitioning into Cybersecurity - Insights and Context

IDA DataCompliance and IDA IT invites you to this breakfast event in cooperation with Professional Women's Network and Women4Cyber Denmark. The event directly contributes to achieving sustainable development goal 5 (achieving gender equality), and as the SDGs are interlinked and indivisible, our project goes in line with the entire 2023 Agenda. 

Together, we will explore different the paths towards a fruitful career as a cyber professional. We will present interesting speakers, insights into the transitioning of other women into the cyber security domain. The speakers will share their experiences and insights from the governance perspective as well as the technical perspective. Find inspiration for your future career path, meet both organisations and build an even stronger network with passionate peers.

While having a nice breakfast, you will: 

• Get the perspectives of other professionals having been through the journey into the cyber domain themselves. 
• Ignite a dialog about why women misrepresentation in cybersecurity. 
• Share practices for building skills and entering the cybersecurity field. 
• Get the chance to meet new people and renew old acquaintances in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.
• Have the opportunity to ask questions and be curious.  
• Network, learn and get inspired.

08:30 Welcome from IDA 

08:40 Open breakfast buffet

08:50 Introduction to Women4Cyber and PWN Copenhagen 

09:00 Panel discussion

09:35 Open for Q&A

10:00 Break out for food and networking 

10:30 Event closes

Sabine Schönangerer - Leader in Banking and Finance

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabine-schoenangerer/

Sabine Schönangerer has a background in Asset Management, Financial Supervision and Banking, with her most recent leadership roles in Risk Management and Finance at Nordea in Copenhagen. She has worked in the financial regulatory space, having supervised investment funds at the Belgian Financial Markets Authority and contributed to financial policy for Europe and financial markets legislation at the European Commission. Sabine is passionate about empowering female leaders and building highly synergistic teams, drawing energy from applying innovative & continuous improvement solutions to new and old problems.
 

Dea Sølbæk Lillelund - Information Security Governance Expert

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dealillelund/ 

Dea Sølbæk Lillelund has a background in Political Science and Business Administration specialising in building high performing teams, with her most recent leader roles within the central administration. She is currently working in consultancy focusing on cyber security governance and organisational change, and brings with her a long career in cyber and tech spanning from system development management over the world of standards to working in politically driven organisations. Dea is passionate about organisational change, empowering of young women and building diverse, dynamic and high performing teams.  

Bianca Buznean - Director, Cybersecurity, Strategic Advisory, Risk Management

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-b-13097594/ 

With a background in risk management, Bianca has worked with offensive security projects, threat intelligence as well as critical infrastructure and resiliency matters with a focus on the economic, technological, social and political implications mostly within the financial sector. Currently, Bianca is the Head of Cyber Security Risk Management in Volvo Group. One of the frontrunners of Nordic Financial CERT and founder and president of Women4Cyber Denmark, she has experience with building up communities within the cyber security scene on local and regional level. 

Professional Women's Network is a global organization working towards advancing gender balanced leadership, creating a movement of of people aspiring to accelerate the current pace of change towards gender-balanced leadership. PWN offer networking opportunities, knowledge and skills training as well as mentoring programs. 

Women4Cyber Denmark is part of a larger European Network and is working towards advancing female representation and better gender equality in the cyber domain. W4C DK offers networking opportunities and knowledge and skills training through the building of a community for everyone working towards a more gender-equal workplace. Women4Cyber DK also offer a mentoring program.