I have worked in cybersecurity for over 15 years. I’ve been a senior academic developing computer science and cybersecurity degrees. I’ve directed research projects around disrupting online radicalisation with police and helped some of the country’s most sophisticated organisations identify cyber vulnerabilities.
Opinion
January 17, 2022
Investors said my male cofounder’s name 117 times, mine only 16
Lorna Armitage shares what she and her other female cofounder did about sexism in the industry.
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