The techUK Podcast: Empowering women to lead in cyber security
In this episode, techUK’s Programme Manager for Cyber Security, Jill Broom talks to Shiguftah Malik, Gemserv, Katie Shanahan, Crossword Cyber Security, Nuala Kilmarton, Innovate UKRI and Raya Tsolova, techUK about their journeys into cyber security, the opportunities and challenges of working in the sector and how the Empowering Women to Lead, Cyber Security Programme helped them to realise their leadership potential in this exciting industry.
Listen now to find out:
- what makes cyber security a sector that women can thrive in;
- what challenges women working in cyber still face;
- why our panellists decided to take part in the Empowering Women to Lead, Cyber Security programme;
- how the programme helped to empower them in a historically male-dominated work environment; and
- why you should consider applying for the programme, too.
More about Empowering Women to Lead, Cyber Security initiative
Applications are currently live for the Autumn 2023 programmes which are available in Scotland, London & Southern England, the Midlands and Northern England.
The application deadline for Scotland is 11 August, for the other regions it’s 1 September and you can find out more via the techUK website. You can find out more and apply via the Empowering You website here.
Our podcast panel:
Jill Broom, Programme Manager, Cyber Security, techUK
Nuala Kilmartin, Innovation Lead, Digital Security by Design, Innovate UK UKRI
Shiguftah Malik, Senior Information Security Consultant, Gemserv
Katie Shanahan, Associate Director Information Security, Crossword Cybersecurity
Raya Tsolova, Programme Manager, National Security, techUK
Read more about Nuala’s story here.
Read more about Raya’s story here.
Catch up on techUK's Women in Tech Campaign here.
Jill Broom
Jill Broom
Jill leads the techUK Cyber Security programme, having originally joined techUK in October 2020 as a Programme Manager for the Cyber and Central Government programmes. She is responsible for managing techUK's work across the cyber security ecosystem, bringing industry together with key stakeholders across the public and private sectors. Jill also provides the industry secretariat for the Cyber Growth Partnership, the industry and government conduit for supporting the growth of the sector. A key focus of her work is to strengthen the public–private partnership across cyber to support further development of UK cyber security and resilience policy.
Before joining techUK, Jill worked as a Senior Caseworker for an MP, advocating for local communities, businesses and individuals, so she is particularly committed to techUK’s vision of harnessing the power of technology to improve people’s lives. Jill is also an experienced editorial professional and has delivered copyediting and writing services for public-body and SME clients as well as publishers.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- www.techuk.org/
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-broom-19aa824