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</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">This is something many of us will face at some time or other during our working life. Even jobs we love, our dream jobs, may sometimes raise challenges and stressors to our day. <br /><br /> These are not fool proof tips, they may not work for you, but they are suggestions for you to consider to help support you. It would be great to hear from you about what you do to keep work at work and not let the stress of the office come home with you. Feel free to post your ideas in the comments. <br /><br /> Some of these strategies may not be practical for your situation and some ideas you may have tried and decided they don't work. The following however are coping procedures that may be of benefit to supporting a healthier work life balance and help to reduce the risk of bringing the stress of work home with you when you log out for the day.<br /><br /><br /> 1. Establish boundaries<br /><br />2. Schedule YOU time<br /><br />3. Appreciate the small things</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">A challenging day at work can stop you appreciating the small things in a day that can bring you joy. When you leave your workplace notice what is around you. Pay attention to the little details that can bring joy. Is that a butterfly flitting around in front of you? Can you smell the delicious fragrance of coffee brewing? Does the sun feel nice and warm on your face? Is there a fresh chill in the air? Can you hear laughter? As you leave work leave work there. Work is not your life. Take a moment to notice small things that can bring joy. Hold onto that joy and take THAT home with you.<br /><br /> How do you keep the challenges of work at work and not bring it home with you?</span><br />
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<li>https://idealistcareers.org/burnout-work-relationships/</li>
<li>http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/work-stress.aspx</li>
<li>https://cairdeasco.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/how-to-stop-bringing-work-stress-home-with-you/</li>
<li>https://www.bustle.com/articles/151964-7-ways-to-not-let-work-come-home-with-you-at-the-end-of-the-day</li>
<li>https://www.worktolive.info/blog/bid/351410/stress-management-how-to-switch-off-job-stress-at-home</li>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">Have you ever thought about how cruel humans can be to each other? Why can't we build each other up, be a source of inspiration and treat each other with kindness?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">I was walking home from the station last week and a memory flicked across my mind, from a long time ago. Reflecting on the incident I know it was only a small thing, but the memory of the hurt, and my bewilderment over what was said to me, has stayed with me for over thirty years. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">It was 1988, I was at university studying music, a typical perfectionist and study nerd, I did not have many friends and even less self esteem. I was in second year, and it was a late evening of compulsory orchestra practice. I was packing away my music when a first year that I had never spoken to before came up to me. We were all rushing to pack up and go home as practice had gone on really late, yet she made a point of putting her instrument and music down, maneuvering through the milling students, and coming up to me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-size: large;">I recall greeting her happily, thinking she was being friendly, and so I enthusiastically asked how she enjoyed orchestra class and then introduced myself. She however seemed to know who I was because she didn't respond to me but instead just looked me up and down, sneered, and said, 'your brother taught me at high school last year. He is really cool, attractive and popular, you are nothing like him I can't believe you are related'. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then she walked away.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">Okay, it was nothing. Just words. Who cares. seriously it was three decades ago!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">So why do I recall it still, with the same sadness and confusion I felt when it was said to me all those years ago?</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">because I had never done anything to this girl and she went out of her way to hurt me,</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">because I felt confused and sad.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">because it made me hate myself even more than I did.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">because it was unnecessary, nasty, unsupportive and downright cruel.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">It was only one of the countless times a peer, at school, university, or work, had been nasty to me, verbally or physically bullied me, or ridiculed me, over the first thirty years of my life. However t</span><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">his incident that I recall with pain was worthwhile even though it hurt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Because it taught me to NEVER treat ANYONE badly. EVER.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">Thank you to all those who bullied me, sneered at me and treated me like something disgusting they had stood on. </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">Because of them I seek to inspire and motivate others.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">Because of them I seek to build up and support people.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">Because of them I can hold my head up high and know that the thoughts of nasty people do not count, as I have the respect of amazing people worth so many times more than the bullies I have encountered over the years.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: large;">Because I believe it is important that we support, motivate and inspire each other and I wanted you all to see how much harm a short but negative interaction can have on someone, decades later. I wanted to show you all why we need to focus on the positive and be there for each other, with compassion and kindness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Those who know me are aware of how eclectic, many and time consuming my interests are. I work full time, I am often studying (fulltime), I am an active volunteer, an artist, I manage this blog and have my own blog, I am working on a book and, have the usual home/family/pets considerations. I rarely feel rushed and usually get all my tasks done on time to high quality and have time to use twitter and read a few books a week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">No I am not superhuman, although that would be cool, and I seriously need to think of my super hero name ... SuperNerd (?), GeekGirl (?) .... Please leave a comment if you can think of a good super hero name for me!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">How do I juggle all the things I do? How do I have time to read a few novels a week? How do I sleep with all these ideas hurtling through my brain! How do I not forget what I need to do!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">I go 'old school'. I use hard copy note books, diaries and planners to manage all the many things I do. I also use electronic calendars for meeting reminders at work and back them up by ensuring my trusty Filofax, '<a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-glimpse-of-my-purple-malden-personal.html">Little Purple</a>' has them all noted as well. In fact I am bit of a stationery addict, as can be seen by a post featuring me over at <a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2018/07/reader-under-spotlight-amanda-jane.html">Philofaxy</a> recently! .... but I use all of my binders, notebooks and planners to ensure I have a good system to get everything done.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Brains are amazing. You think your computer is efficient as it can handle many tabs open on the browser? Your brain is so many more times amazing than that! Your brain is managing an entire system automatically (breathing, swallowing, blinking, circulation, for example) while your conscious and subconscious work as well. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">The down side to these amazing brains is that sometimes you can become overwhelmed with all the ideas and tasks and thoughts! Idea overload can stop you being effective. You are overwhelmed with ideas and things you have to do for work, for home, for someone else, to buy, to clean, to read .... and are becoming anxious in case you forget something important that you need to do. </span> <span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Enter the magic of the brain dump.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">My <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2017/12/filofax-love-little-purple-my-purple.html">filofax</a> is the hub of operations, my little brain companion. Everything is loaded into it and it contains an index to let me know which notebook I need to go to for any specific topic. I cart it with me everywhere and have pages just for brain dumps. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">At the end of the day, after our evening meal, the dogs have had their walk, and our work clothes and lunches are ready for the next day, I spend ten minutes to go over brain dump pages and put the notes into the relevant areas and check my schedule for the next day. This ten minutes is also my time to have a cuppa - so an after meal cuppa and check of my brain dump, multi tasking!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Just as we iron our clothes and get our lunch and work bags ready for the next day, I make sure I know what is in my schedule and To Do lists. I keep my filofax next to me on the bed side table in case I have a thought at night, so I can brain dump it on paper and go to sleep knowing I will not forget as it is written down.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Everyone needs to find the way that suits them to ensure their time is managed well and their random thoughts of tasks to do are captured. I like aesthetically pleasing, creative and functional paper based products, others may prefer to use Google Calendar or their phone reminder apps. Let us know in the comments how you manage your time and capture your ideas.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">From space, to transport, to the design
of cities, IoT is the latest acronym to sweep the cyber landscape. </span></i><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">IoT is short for Internet of Things and was
coined by </span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/kevin-ashton-describes-the-internet-of-things-180953749/">Kevin Ashton</a></span> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">in 1999. IoT is any device, be it your phone, laptop or
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Raspberry Pi</span></a></span><span style="color: #7030a0;">
that is connected to the internet. And so these devices come to be known as
'things', especially as more things like </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.lifx.com.au/"><span style="color: blue;">light globes</span></a></span><span style="color: #7030a0;">, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.samsung.com/au/family-hub-refrigerator/">fridges</a></span>, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/wearables/best-smart-watches-what-s-the-best-wearable-tech-for-you-1154074"><span style="color: #7030a0;">watches</span></a></span>, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.sony.com.au/electronics/smart-tv-features-apps-and-internet">TVs</a></span></span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> and </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://internetofbusiness.com/supply-chain-iot-coca-cola/"><span style="color: blue;">vending machines</span></a></span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> are internet
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Depending on your position, this is either great for business or
terrible for the human proclivity towards laziness because who wouldn't want to
turn their lights off from the comfort of bed right? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Business and government are particularly
keen on the Internet of Things and what it can potentially do in terms of
increased productivity, efficiency and citizen engagement. But the take home
from many of the sessions at Melbourne's recent </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://iotfestival.io/"><span style="color: blue;">IoT
Festival</span></a></span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> was that many people have no idea what IoT is
or how it can impact them in positive ways. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Traffic lights that are IoT enabled can
send data back to traffic controllers (both real life and digital) who can then
increase or decrease stopping signals depending on traffic flow and therefore
make our roads less congested and more efficient. Goodbye bumper to bumper (I
can dream).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">A water company in South Korea was
fitted out with IoT devices by local Mount Waverly team </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://freestyletechnology.com.au/"><span style="color: blue;">Freestyle
Technology</span></a></span><span style="color: #7030a0;">. What this meant from a social good
perspective is that when their devices that were fitted to local houses
detected zero water usage, a social worker was then called out to check whether
the resident was in distress. This is in addition to the usual ways you could
imagine IoT and smart water working. These range from detecting </span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://freestyletechnology.com.au/media_display.html?media=19">leaks</a></span> </span><span style="color: #7030a0;">with much greater speed,
creating alerts if there are failures along the pipeline, tracking worker
locations to minimising down time because the whole system is delivered in
real-time and able to visualised and understood remotely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Japanese smoking rooms are also a great
example of IoT enabled things. The devices in these rooms can </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://freestyletechnology.com.au/media_display.html?media=20"><span style="color: blue;">detect</span></a></span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> how many people are in
the room and increase or decrease the ventilation required which resulted in a
30% increase in energy savings for companies who use them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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uber so their clients can literally track how far away their sugar hit is.
Farmers have taken up the call with water monitors that are IoT enabled. These
devices send famers a message if their livestock's water is low and save them
from dehydration and potential loss of income from sick animals. Coca-cola
envision a day in the not too distant future where drones drop off coke via
your GPS location so you could be sipping coke while you wait for your pizza
delivery in the park on a Sunday arvo, which is already has IoT written all
over it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">In Queensland the government developed
an open data policy and provided an app called </span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://2016.hackerspace.govhack.org/content/breathe-easy">Breathe Easy</a></span> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">which measures air
pollution & water quality so residents can decide where they'd like to live
based on environmental concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">The word on the street is that people
are hungry for tech and IoT enables devices are the latest way to get satiated.
But with all the data being collected already and an estimated 75 billion
devices predicted to be online by </span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/471264/iot-number-of-connected-devices-worldwide/">2020</a></span>,</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"> the kinds of data being
collected is also crucial so we don't end up with systems and languages and
devices that don't talk back to one another. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Standardisation is key when thinking
about where to from here as are guidelines around the security of IoT devices
from the code used to create the interface to the person or people on the other
end. Many of the security issues that we already face with devices such as our
laptops and phones are exactly the same. From insecure code, users with
insecure passwords and people all along the supply-chain without sufficient
knowledge of what it is to be secure and what it all means on a day-to-day way
when you engage in risky behaviour. The answer as always is education. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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conference, is how important the ability to tell stories is. Being able to
communicate how and why the IoT can be useful to businesses and communities is
the first step in bringing audiences outside of already informed IT spaces on
board. And it's the sounding board for great innovation and diversity when it
comes to new ways to address societal and business related issues. STEAM or
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths majors will come into their
own in this space and are why there are ever louder calls for people with
communications skills to enter the IT industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">There are no current accepted standards
when it comes to the IoT. What there is, however, are Australian </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.iot.org.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IoTAA-Security-Guideline-V1.2.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">guidelines</span></a></span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> which outline the
importance of embedding security in IoT devices and therefore code from the
ground up, rather than as an afterthought which is often the case. Data
security is also crucial, especially with the recent global attacks and the
proliferation of highly sensitive data connected to IoT devices like health
records. Additionally, monitoring of devices is important to enable
vulnerabilities are identified before they become a beacon for hackers and of
course, ongoing compliance and risk assessment as landscapes, software, users
and hacks change and evolve, often on a daily basis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i>Getting more women on-the-podium at conferences &
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<i><span style="color: #a64d79;">$200 discount per full price ticket for AWSN members email <a href="mailto:catherine@catherinemcgrathmedia.com.au" target="_blank">Catherine</a> for the code or direct payment.</span></i></blockquote>
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public discourse is essential to gender equity. For AWSN members I pose these questions: </span></div>
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quoted in newspapers and are they CEOs and senior managers?</span></li>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">The answer is suspect is ‘yes
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">In this, the cybersecurity sector is like many others. Change
is happening, but it is patchy and not everyone has the voice or the
opportunity to speak. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">Many women feel disempowered as
they try to advance their careers without enough professional support.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #741b47;">I know how you feel.</span></span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;"> I have recently
moved from a 30-year career as a leading broadcaster in television and radio
(as a foreign correspondent and political reporter for ABC & SBS). I have
had to build my own confidence as a speaker through hard work, training and
practical experience. It wasn’t easy. But I did it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">Now beyond journalism my work is
as a keynote speaker/MC and communications trainer. I had to teach myself to
feel confident in front of a live conference audience. This is different to a
TV audience that you can’t see. A thousand sets of eyes on you at an event can
be confronting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">My callout is to ask you to push
your organisations & businesses to support you in speaker training. It is
essential to building your professional skill base. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">At a recent business event I
hosted, questions from the floor included no questions from women. At some
business events, this is not unusual. The male attendees were quick to raise
their hand, one even jumped to his feet before the microphone reached him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">Other women tell me there is a
simple reason for this. Many don’t feel supported enough in these environments
many others don’t feel they have the skill set required. Some events seem like
a male-only club. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">Hats off to those women who have
no trouble speaking and asking questions at conferences. You are our role
models. We need more of you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">Women: our time is here but
still there are too few of us speaking at conferences, events and workplace
meetings. Too few of us are visible as leaders. That means our contribution as
professional women isn’t being equally recognised. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">Training in this area is
crucial. Many of us don’t feel confident enough to speak or present in front of
others. Speaking is a professional skill, as important as knowing some
accounting, some law, some occupational health and safety rules etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">If you are terrified or reluctant?
You are not alone. The good news is that help is here! With help and training, you
can develop the confidence to say yes to that next offer to present at a
conference or event. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">At professional panels, many of
us would love to see more women up there. We would love to join in ourselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">We need to grow the skill base for
professional women so that more of us feel ready and able to take to the
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">No professional women who is a
nervous speaker would want to put their hand up to speak in front of other
professionals unless they feel prepared and ready.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">I have launched training for
this specific purpose. I believe women need more support. We need an
opportunity to practice and train in a safe environment, in a setting away from
the judgement and expectations of others. We need time to learn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">WomenSpeaking workshops in
Sydney and Canberra provide a cost-effective one-day training where groups of
professional women can learn and develop the skills they need. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">Ask your organisations to send
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">Women from many different
sectors come along. We have had a lot of attendees from STEM professions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">In workshops we break up into
small groups where you get individual attention from experts including myself,
an actor/voice coach, a TV/stage presence specialist and a writer/editor. </span></div>
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in speech writing and presentation skills. There is specialist voice training
and on-the-podium practice with a microphone. How does it feel to stand on a
stage say your name and look out at an audience? It can be scary but practice
in a real or simulated environment is the way to reduce the fear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">‘WomenSpeaking is more than
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skin and be confident. Highly recommend.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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6<sup>th</sup> book here: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-speaking-workshop-to-boost-speaking-skills-confidence-sydney-registration-45393083936"><span style="color: #7030a0;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-speaking-workshop-to-boost-speaking-skills-confidence-sydney-registration-45393083936</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">While most clever blogs and articles offer insights to
help you live your best life, my blog on <i>productivity</i>
is what some might call an epic fail. No tips or tricks to be found here; what
I do offer however is a story that made me think twice about what I do, and
remind myself why I do it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Thanks for
abandoning me”.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">He wasn’t abandoned in the true sense of the word, not in
the melodramatic <i>I-left-to-get-a-litre-of-milk-and-never-came-back-kind-of-way.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">But, in his 9-year-old mind, it made sense to use that word,
in that situation, the day I forgot to organise a different option for school
pick as the MIL couldn’t make it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">In a thirty second window between meetings, I had fixed
it and he was swiftly collected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">Needless to say, I felt like crap. And then, with the
deft precision that only small children have, he made me feel worse, quietly
saying on the phone, I don’t want to talk about it now, I want to talk about it
face to face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">By the time we were face to face he had forgotten about
it. But I hadn’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">Why did I
forget, why didn’t I write it down, why didn’t I organise myself the day I
found out MIL couldn’t do it? Are my productivity tools not working?!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">I consider myself to be a pretty organised person, but while
performing the juggling game of life, with one leg in the air and the other
balancing on a stilt, I sometimes drop the ball. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">My brain has reached the point of saturation, so I write
things down. I use various electronic tools to track my work/meetings etc, but,
I love writing (and shiny pens with pineapple tips) so I have a work diary and use
wall calendars and journals and lists. Who doesn’t love a good list?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">And then, I want to do all the things. I ‘aint turning
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;"> N.B <i>I don’t really do all of the things, I hate
laundry and gardening never makes it onto my good lists.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">I love my family. I love my friends. I love my job and my
fur baby is the best. I know the difference between busy and productive. I know
what my priorities are. I don’t feel like I need balance, I need time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now that I’m older, I am trying so hard to avoid falling
victim to the <i>myth of immortality</i>,
squeezing every last drop of life out of my allocated daily minutes, I fear I
am undoing all my industrious efforts to fit it all in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m consciously <i>stopping</i>
for the roses but do I always smell them before I move to the next thing on my
list? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">Am I so focussed on <i>doing</i>
all the things that I forget to <i>reflect </i>on
some of the things?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">Working in corrections I often came across the criminal offence
“<i>loitering with intent</i>”. It is the
difference between hanging around and hanging around with a purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12.0pt;">This made me think, maybe I’m already productive <i>enough</i>. Maybe the key to my best life is
to learn how to <i>loiter with intent</i> (and
without getting arrested). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #660066; font-size: 12.0pt;">Communications Advisor, RSM <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660066; font-size: 12pt;">Having worked over 18 years in corrective services,
running treatment programs, working on policy and managing strategic
communications, I am now happily employed with RSM Australia. I work in Perth’s
Tax Services Division as a Communications Advisor.</span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are writers, all of
us, in this age. <span style="font-weight: normal;">Every text, every tweet, every email creates a documentary
trail of our existence. We are each an author of an autobiography that extends
over multiple platforms and locations, in our personal and our professional
lives, whether we intend that creation or not. Writing is ubiquitous in our
lives.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">But just because a thing
is written, that doesn’t mean ‘written well’. </span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Bad writing fails to communicate
efficiently and can lead to misunderstandings, lost time, frustration, and can
impact the way people view your professionalism and ability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">The key to good writing
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">This extends across the entirety of writing, from choosing the
correct homophone or punctuation, through to writing for the intended audience;
every writing ‘error’ comes down to a failure to communicate efficiently. The
page strips out the contextual information you would normally see in
face-to-face communication, such as pitch and tone, facial expression, and body
language. For this reason, clarity in writing needs to be far more accurate and
comprehensive than a conversation would be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Clarity tips:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This is especially important if you’re conveying highly technical
information. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even if you’re writing
for an informed audience, assume that you know a lot more than they do, and
explain your working. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Cambria",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where instructing or
explaining a process, use ‘show and tell’ formats (such as screenshots or
step-by-step photographs) if you can. These can be easier to follow than purely
text-based instructions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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technical, but your content is, remember that. Write in a way that avoids
unnecessary details and explains concepts that may be unfamiliar. If you can
write in such a way as to be understood by a teenager, you’ve hit the right
balance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Limit the number of words in a
sentence. If you’ve got 50 words in your sentence and you don’t have any
punctuation inside it, it will be hellish for the reader to try to
comprehend. A long sentence can usually be broken up into two or more
sentences with a little restructuring, and your readers will have a more
pleasant experience.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">It should never be assumed that
the reader has the same level of knowledge as you, or that they have the
same lexicon. If you need to use jargon, provide glossaries. If you need
to use acronyms or initialisations, write them out fully the first time.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Use a spell checker program.
However, you shouldn’t rely entirely on your spell checker, especially if
you know you have bad spelling. Read each of the options the spell check
offers you before accepting the default option, because computers are
often wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Use a text-to-speech screen-reader
to play your writing back to you. Listening to your text can highlight
words that have been used incorrectly, or grammatical issues like sentence
fragments or run-on sentences.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Get another human to read your
writing, preferably someone who is pedantic about small errors. You
should, however, make sure it’s someone who is more invested in the outcome
of your writing than they are in their relationship with you. Close
friends and family members may wish to save your feelings, and may be
overly optimistic about the quality of your work. It’s also important that
you are gracious about accepting critique; bad responses to honest
critique can destroy the credibility of future critique, as your
proofreader may decide to lie in order to keep the peace.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">In all instances, write as simply
as you can, using plain English. This includes when writing to C-suite
executives. Executive levels of management have to read all day, and
they’re just as human as you or I am. Making a document easy to understand
is key to getting the words read and understood. This isn’t Scrabble;
there is no scoreboard, and big words don’t earn you more points.</span></li>
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have picked from the blue. Throughout the years I have been editing, the
consistent issues I come across time and again are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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foundation knowledge to understand you (lack of glossaries, using
unexplained acronyms or initialisations, writing for the wrong target
audience).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Not allowing enough opportunity
for the reader to pause and comprehend meaning (run-on sentences, lack of
punctuation).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Using sentence fragments (either
through forgetting to finish a thought, or through a misunderstanding of
grammar).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #7030a0; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-weight: normal;">Over-reliance on spell checkers
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In her twenties, Steph commenced software development as a hobby, while
her navy husband was on extended deployment. A woman with an amazing variety of
interests, up until recently she played
Women’s Roller Derby where her player name was “Secure Socket SLayer” (SSL) and
her player number was 443. For those not into computer networks, this is a pun
on port </span>443 the standard port used for websites that use SSL. Embracing
her creativity, Steph also does ballet and plays the violin. <span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In addition to studying software engineering, Steph
also completed a course on computer
networking which she really enjoyed. Learning about how networking components
could be manipulated in certain ways to create unintended reactions, she became
absolutely obsessed with learning about this and how hacking works. Subsequent to
these courses, Steph then studied for a bachelor of Information Technology
Network Security, where she was awarded as a gold disruptor in the Australian
Computer Society’s Student of the Year Category, and completed a summer
internship in a Security Operations Centre. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Currently working full time as a Senior Security
Analyst, she conducts a vast range of security activities, including incident
response, vulnerability management, risk assessments and threat intelligence. She
is enthusiastic about her role and shared that there is always something new to
do every day in an ever changing environment and threat landscape. When asked
what she sees as challenged in security, she explained that often organisations
view security as a product to sell rather than everyone’s priority. Prior to
her current role, Steph conducted penetration tests and vulnerability assessments
as a WYWM Cyber pentester. She has had diverse experience in cyber security including
working as a digital forensics analyst (acquisition, triage and analysis of
digital evidence) and a delegate at the OECD in 2017 to conduct research into
the financial sector’s global threat landscape. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Steph thoroughly enjoys pentesting and said that
her dream job would be a role that includes penetration testing, red teaming
and security research. With her primary passion in this work being offensive
security Steph loves discovering ways to exploit systems and developing
creative ways an attacker may compromise or interact with a system. Ultimately she wants an amazing role in
security to lead advance adversary simulations, crafting simulated attacks that
will encompass social engineering, physical security, research into advanced
persistent threats and in-house vulnerability and exploitation research and
development. Steph loves learning new things and is currently obsessed with
custom network protocol reverse engineering and vulnerability discovery through
protocol analysis. Sharing challenges to her getting her dream job, Steph spoke
about a lack of security maturity in Australia where organisations do not fully
understand the looming threats globally and the best ways they can be mitigated.
She stated that by combining strategic, operational and tactical threat
intelligence with advance adversary simulations the we can place ourselves in a
much better position to decrease Australia’s ‘cyber’ attack
surface. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Citing development and training from an employers
as meaning a lot to her, she states that a big factor for her when seeking
employment is one that offers the option to develop employee skills, gain
certifications and offer highly skilled mentors. Mentors are important to Steph
and she believes that there is a lack of technical mentors throughout Australia
interested in mentoring up and coming pentesters and red teamers. Steph would
love to see more involvement from mentors willing to assist with development in
this area.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">There are however organisations and people who are
willing to support people gain employment in the cyber security field, and
Steph stated that the biggest help she received in gaining employment was
through WithYouWithMe. As a defence spouse she moved around a lot and although she already
had a lot of technical ability and passion in security she didn’t understand her
worth within the job market – WYWM helped Steph understand this. Another big
factor in helping Steph gain employment was immersing herself completely into
security, taking every security course she could find and becoming active
within the security community.</span><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Steph was asked if there was any individual or
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">“I want to promote the
hackers helping hackers charity – they send disadvantaged and individuals from
minority groups to security conferences around Australia. I also want to
promote the amazing security community throughout Australia – all the security
Cons (bsides, crikeycon etc) put on by volunteers from the security community.
And the Security community events like SecTalks and InfoSec. “</span><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">In her youthful fourth decade, Mary-Jane is an army reserve veteran, Mother,
cyber security student and Cyber Security Co-ordinator at the <a href="https://www.withyouwithme.com.au/">WithYouWithMe</a> Academy. Currently
working part time she is looking forward to transitioning to full time work in
2019. Previously an Environmental Risk and Compliance auditor, Mary-Jane’s
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary-Jane is an energised, motivated and intelligent person who is
passionate about raising awareness about
privacy and cyber security. As well as her family, work and study she enjoys weight
training and also loves to learn. She
enjoys watching security presentations online and cites Mikko Hypponen of
F-Secure and Heather Adkins of Google as two of her favourite speakers. She is also
an active volunteer supporting Australian Information Security Network and
Australian Women in Security Network and she enthusiastically helped at the
recent BrisSEC2018 security conference held in Brisbane.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mary-Jane explained that she has always valued the Australian way of life,
privacy, freedom and democracy and since having children and studying cyber
security those values have become even more important to her. When asked about
the challenges she sees in gaining her dream career she shared that she is
motivated and wants to be productive but needs a flexible role. Juggling family
and study with work Mary-Jane suggested that to support career progression
there needs to be flexible working hours, available affordable after school
care and online self-paced courses to support skill development.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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and transitioning from her former career as an environmental risk and
compliance specialist to cyber security roles, Mary-Jane knew she needed a good
plan and support to return to work successfully. She found that in <a href="https://www.withyouwithme.com.au/"><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">WithYouWithMe</span></a>. The
organisation has helped her extensively with strategic career planning,
industry mentors and training for skills in high demand. She affirmed that subsequent to that
assistance she feels much more productive than she would have been if she had
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having made a positive impact on her life, Mary-Jane stated that she is a very
proud cyber security graduate of the <a href="https://d.docs.live.net/75cb5854d3a4a529/Documents/AISA.pptx?web=1">WithYouWithMe</a>
Academy and that the <a href="https://www.edx.org/micromasters/ritx-cybersecurity"><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">Rochester Institute of
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<i><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">It seems every LinkedIn post I read, or tweet I see, is questioning reasons why women
are not presenting (or even submitting) to tech conferences. I wanted to
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occurs. Of course, opinions are my own and I can only draw on my own personal
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<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Previously I was a technical trainer for Sun Microsystems teaching
Solaris Unix, I have put together countless presentations and courses in the
workplace and for the InfoSec community for educational purposes and I am also
a member of the Black Hat Asia Regional Review Board. Over the past 24 months I
have had the privilege to present at some great conferences, such as Black Hat
USA, SecTor Canada, and the Diana Initiative, LV. This year I will be keynoting
at DevSecCon in Tel Aviv and hopefully a few others which I believe in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Let’s take a look at some of the questions I ask myself and the reasons
I submit or do not submit to a tech conference. Before I decide whether I
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Are they in the business just to make money?</span></li>
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and/or pay for their accommodation? </span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This last point is an </span>important prerequisite <span style="font-weight: normal;">for me because I
feel that if a conference can afford to charge $1000+ per ticket and they want
to attract quality speakers, then speakers should be compensated. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Research
takes time and is done in our free time, rarely is it done during company
hours. Many of us typically don’t care about getting paid if the conference is
right, but the expense to get the speaker there and back is important.
Otherwise it’s logical you raise the question, “Is this conference in it for
the money”? No thanks!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I am picky about which cons I submit to. It’s important I see the
company or the association is giving back. Many of us have been in the industry
for a long time now, so ask yourself, how is conference helping the
community? </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I ask myself how my talk will influence or benefit the
attendees/participants. Will they learn something? Don’t do it for your own
self-gratification! Your audience can see you are fake.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Have I passionately worked on something for the past 12+ months or have
some knowledge that I would like to share with the InfoSec community?</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Would I want to watch my presentation if I attended?</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Make sure the conference is in line with your values!! Priority 1.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I will never accept a conference which is vendor-driven or has product
pushing I will never present at a conference where they want me to pay to
present. Shocking, yes, but this has happened before. These conferences are
sadly missing the boat about the true value of their speakers.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If I am invited to talk, I won’t accept if I know the conference is
seeking women as gap-fillers. Women want to present as it's
deserved. Again, if it’s a high entry conference, I want to see that the
organisers are supporting their speakers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In my past speaking events, I have
always had to take annual leave. Its not very encouraging to submit if you have
to pay for your own airfare, accommodation, present your research which you did
in your own hours and lose a day’s pay!</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The above outlines some of the criteria is specific to me, but it will
be different for everyone. It’s important it aligns with your own values.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Looking at the InfoSec community as a whole, I wanted to outline some of
the challenges I feel we call face regardless of gender. Presenting can be
intimidating for everyone not just women.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Lack of confidence and questioning "Are we good enough?" Gotta
love Imposter Syndome!</span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">OMG what if the audience hates my work!!</span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">What if there’s someone smarter in the audience who will call me out?</span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Is my work really that significant? I mean if I can do it, surely
someone will, right?!?!</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I don’t think I could handle any bad feedback!</span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I don’t have anything significant to submit!</span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">What will my peers say about me?</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We often tell ourselves we are not making a difference or our
contributions are “no big deal”, so what can I present and talk about? I feel
everybody has something valuable to add. You don’t need to be a pen tester,
break stuff or understand network defence. InfoSec has so many faces and
together we all make it work, so that simply needs to be tapped into and
understood.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Specific Challenges Women Face</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Women and minority groups have other specific challenges which need to
be called out in addition to our male colleagues. Many of these I have
experienced first hand, and others I have shared their stories. These range
from professional challenges we have experienced in the workplace, or just in
the home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What are some of the professional challenges that women face:</span></span></h2>
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<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">A number of women personally feel their companies and peers don’t
support them.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Many women won’t speak for fear of backlash as there must be some type
of motivation behind our wanting to speak. We are criticised for doing so which
crushes our self-esteem.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Being told you are attending a conference due to your gender only</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Many women have sadly experienced a situation in which they travel with
male colleagues, who have their travel and accommodation paid for, while they
need to personally pay for their travel and entry for the same exact event.
There is certainly no equality in this!</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Just like with training, there should be annual days set aside for
conferences so personal leave remains untouched. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Support from our companies can be just as important as support from our
families. I personally have spoken at conferences as an “Independent Researcher”
for many of the reasons above. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For women it’s a different outlook, its personal time off, away from my
family, rescheduling the household and spending money to attend. We spend many
hours at work and are proud of what we do. We are presenting our own research
so there is no risk of legal implication. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Conferences can be just as important as training; the networking alone
can open new doors and business opportunities. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Company support and recognition of women’s success is critical.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What are some of the personal challenges that women face balancing work
and family:</span></h2>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Will my partner support me?</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Will my partner be jealous if I travel to a conference by myself?</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">If I go, will I have an argument when I get home?</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Who will look after the kids? I need a baby sitter, I need to reschedule
a bunch of things so the kids are taken care of.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Will my partner get jealous if my career takes off and theirs does not?</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I am already the primary wage earner, more attention to my work will
cause friction in my relationship!</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I should put my family first above my career.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">My husband’s friends could give him a hard time if they know he is
supporting my career.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Some of the above points may sound old-school, but the home duties
mindset still exists today in many households. Many husbands and partners (not
all) still find it hard to see their wife’s role outside of being a mother.
Yes, women work full-time, but then it’s home duties and kids. The end!</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Some partners have control issues if their wives need to travel. Putting
it bluntly, “if you are out of sight, what are you really doing”? For many men,
and they may not acknowledge this, control is hard to give up. I find it hard
too but don’t let fear drive your life. Some partners are very protective and
jealous of a successful wife, but if they drop the control and celebrate
everyone’s success the relationship grows and stays strong.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A lot is changing. We are being more vocal about equality in the
workplace, but is it really that way at home? Raising families is not like what
it used to be 30-40 years ago. Both partners now need to work to pay a standard
mortgage, and both partners will take it in turns taking care of kids. Why
should a successful career be any different?</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Summary</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Presenting at a conference is not for everyone. However, if it’s
something you would like to do, consider these closing thoughts:</span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Don’t talk yourself down, it is useless emotion and I promise it won’t
help you succeed.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">You may get rejected a few times before you get accepted, don’t give up.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Partner up with someone who has experience in presentations who will
help you prepare.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Trust in yourself, your work and your research and don’t allow others to
judge you. They haven’t earnt the right.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Try and meet your audience beforehand, make it personal and see what
they want to get out of it (thank you, Caroline Wong, for that great advice).</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Align yourself with people who support and trust your choices, I can’t
stress this enough!! This is half of the battle.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">There’s only really 1 person that will be judging you and that’s you, so
be the best version of yourself.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Good luck!</span></span></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Over the past couple of years, AWSN has grown and developed in more ways than I could ever have imagined. This is thanks to all the volunteers who generously give their time to AWSN, our sponsors, other supporters and most especially, our members.</span></span></i></h2>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">In creating AWSN, our initial aims were to connect women working in security across Australia and provide them with a supportive platform and community. We hoped that by doing this we could help inspire women from diverse backgrounds and career stages to pursue and stay in security. These aims remains unchanged today, and I am really proud to see how we have been able to progressively bring like minded people together.<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Over the past 6 months Michelle Weatherhead, Chris Miller and I have been reviewing how we can best set AWSN up for success into the future and I am really pleased to announce AWSN’s new National Leadership team comprised of a Board and key National Leadership roles.<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>The Board of Directors are:</b><u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><u></u><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Chair - Tamsyn Harris<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><u></u><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Vice Chair - Michelle Mosey<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><u></u><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Secretary - Marilena Salvo<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><u></u><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Board member - Thomas Hanbury <u></u><u></u></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We are still exploring additional capabilities we may need in the Board and will look to appoint further director/s once we have identified the right candidate/s.<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>The Board will be supported by several key National Leadership roles including: </b><u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><u></u><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Special projects manager - Jacqui Loustau<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><u></u><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><u></u><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">National events manager - Tory Lane<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>In addition we will have two National Communications roles who will continue to help connect and support our members: </b><u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">I would like to thank and acknowledge a number of the people who have made significant contributions over the years to getting us to where we are today. A number of these people will continue to be actively involved in AWSN but in different capacities in future.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">This is a really exciting time for AWSN and I know a number of you may have questions and want to get to know the new leadership team. We plan on sharing further information on the Board’s priorities and how everyone can get involved in the coming weeks, but in the meantime please join me in welcoming our new national and chapter leaders. <u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">….these are the core values of AWSN and the standards of the members.
That might sound a bit cheesy and like an opportunity to sell you on AWSN, but
let me tell you my story…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">A few years ago I started paying attention to news articles about
how this company or that company was breached by hackers. It occurred to me
that I am so dependant on technology, it’s pretty much attached to every aspect
of my life and my home…even my home security is online and assessable from my
mobile. And then it occurred to me that I have no idea how to keep all my and
my family’s valuable information secure. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I wanted to learn how hackers hacked. My thought process was if I
knew how they could ‘break in’ then I could secure it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Now let’s back it up a minute…you should know I come from absolutely
no technical background. Even my husband used to joke that I went from never
backing up my tech gear to learning to hack haha ….so in my usual mindset to start
with the end in mind, but I’m too impatient and tried to rush the process,
which meant enrolling in CEH. I gave it a good go and it was eye opening all
the tools and techs and how ‘easy’ it was to just download your hacking program
of choice and voila off you go. Which scared the crap out of me even more!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span lang="EN-AU">I joined AWSN and started getting more involved in the Cyber
Security community and was in awe of all the knowledge I was absorbing at every
event and meetup. Now I have been to a ridiculous amount of full on technical,
hacking, CTF meetups and I try, really try, but they are on another level. But
everyone is so welcoming and excited by the challenge to explain it in layman
terms for me </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-AU"> I feel like a kid learning new tricks at the playground every time
I learn a little more on cyber security.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">For me it’s all about learning to keep myself and my family secure
and making it relatable to everyday life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Now going back to me not being technical, my career has been
relationship management and business development focused. I was fortunate
enough to combine my career skills with my cyber security passion, taking on
growing Greythorn recruitment’s cyber security capabilities. I was even more
fortunate to have one-ups and two-ups who were the kind of people every
professional dreams of reporting to. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I’m a full-time working mom, and I think it’s important to share
that I didn’t experience discrimination till I became a mom. To be perfectly
honest, I don’t think I fully understood the real meaning of feminism till I
experienced discrimination. It was a very hard time and I cannot begin to
explain how it affected my and my family’s life. Lucky for me I have an
encouraging husband, who’s advice I <i>finally</i> listened to and left. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Since then, it has been my focus to assist others who are in
difficult career situations by either advising or connecting them with other
professional who can better advise. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">AWSN membership base is incredibly diverse, both women and men, some
parents, some not, experienced working professionals, and new grads. They span
from technical to non-technical professions from entry level to CISO level. It
is such an amazing way to connect with people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">For me, it has helped me personally and professionally by expanding
my knowledge and growing my cyber security network. I have previously talked
about from recruitment perspective women need a bit more encouragement and confidence
to just go for it, even when don’t tick all the boxes – and I’m including
myself in that statement. AWSN members have given me opportunities to have more
confidence and just go for it, even when I didn’t have it in myself. I still
remember a particular pep talk from a female member, and anytime I hesitate I
remember her words of encouragement, empowering me to believe in myself and go
for it. Because I listened to this wise woman and went for it, what it has done
for my career has been phenomenal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I recently relocated to Dubai, which was quite daunting at first, as
I didn’t have many contacts here. However, as soon as I told AWSN members,
nearly everyone had helpful advice and even referred me to people in their
networks in Dubai as well as cyber security groups in the area. I was
overwhelmed with the amount of support from AWSN members. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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incredible platform for empowering women through connecting, supporting,
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Information security can be a hard nut to crack. Infosec professionals come from a wide range of disciplines, with a wide range of backgrounds, but the stories I hear most often are of people coming into Information Security purposefully, scaffolding their pathway through closely related fields. There are people wanting to break in, but can’t find that pathway. They don’t know the right people, they don’t have the foundation skills.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I’m very new to information security. Less than eighteen months, in fact. My current role is technical writer for a security assurance firm, but I came from a background of editing and compliance within vocational training. I hadn’t really worked in depth with IT, and the compliance work I had done really only scraped the surface of data protection.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">There is so much to learn in Information Security that people such as myself, who sidestep into the sector from somewhere unrelated, may find it quite impenetrable. The jargon is so pervasive that the people working with information security concepts on a daily basis may not realise that they are no longer using common English. This creates an enormous linguistic barrier to entry, especially when we start talking about ‘the cybers’.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Coming into the sector with a high level of literacy didn’t help with this barrier. Many terms mean different things outside of information technology or cyber security; terms like ‘credentials’, ‘authorisation’, ‘malicious user’, and (as a verb) ‘middling’ (which, as many cricketers will attest to, is the practice of hitting the ball with the middle of the cricket bat). Military terms like ‘attack surface’ may require a fair amount of logic and critical thinking to determine what they might pertain to, and some, such as ‘red team’, are so obscure as to require explanation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">The jargon is made even more impenetrable by the widespread use of acronyms and initialisations, which have no linguistic transparency and require prior knowledge to understand. Put a bunch of them together, and the poor idiot on the other end (e.g. me) has no idea what’s going on!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">It’s possible to upskill in a reasonably short amount of time, given enough motivation to the task at hand. There are resources available that are easy to access, targeted at giving a baseline understanding of information security concepts, and most importantly, free.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Futurelearn has a brilliant series of cyber security MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) that I found to be especially helpful. <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/introduction-to-cyber-security" href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/introduction-to-cyber-security">Introduction to Cyber Security</a>; <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/cyber-security" href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/cyber-security">Cyber Security: Safety at Home, Online, in Life</a>; <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/cyber-security-business" href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/cyber-security-business">Cyber Security for Small and Medium Enterprises: Identifying Threats and Preventing Attacks</a>. The entry bar for these courses is very low. The content is presented in a way that’s accessible to a range of learners, such as people with disabilities or people with lower literacy levels, and it covers all of the basics.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">There are also free-to-access glossaries available online, and these may be useful not only for informing people new to Infosec, but also people who are being informed by information security, such as C-level executives. I found the <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/security-trends/threatsaurus.aspx" href="https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/security-trends/threatsaurus.aspx">Threatsaurus</a> to be particularly useful. Glossaries such as this can assist in bringing newcomers up to the level of jargon usage that everyone else is using.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">And of course, one of the best ways to feel your way into a field is to immerse yourself in it. Make connections through Twitter and LinkedIn; follow infosec blogs and podcasts (I listen to <a data-cke-saved-href="https://securityweekly.com/" href="https://securityweekly.com/">Security Weekly</a>); engage with industry events and meetups, such as through <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.aisa.org.au/" href="https://www.aisa.org.au/">AISA</a> or <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.auswomeninsecurity.net/" href="https://www.auswomeninsecurity.net/">AWSN</a>. Listen and read on a regular basis, and there suddenly comes a point where you start to understand the words and concepts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I believe it took me a solid six months to get to the point where I was familiar enough with terminology to feel comfortable that I wasn’t going to confuse everyone around me. I still am not at the point where I can take Google out of the equation, but in a highly technical role such as mine, I expect that my relationship with search engines will be a long-lasting one.</span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Strengthening the implementation of the Women, Peace And Security agenda</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">March 8 is <a href="https://unwomen.org.au/campaign/international-womens-day-2018/" target="_blank">International Women's day</a>, the theme this year is leave no woman behind. </span></span></h2>
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of women, a joint initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact produced a
set of principles called <a href="http://weprinciples.org/"><span style="color: #7030a0;">The Women’s Empowerment Principles</span></a> (WEPs). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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