Said the chief business information security officer at Salesforce: "I really want to be able to help minority voices be heard. I want to champion other women because I feel I have seen quite possibly everything that you can see.”

Said UnitedHealth Group's chief privacy officer: Synergy between privacy and security leaders on a regular basis is critical “because it's truly important that we’re not operating in silos.”

Said Mandiant's senior vice president of strategy and alliances: "I recognize that at critical points in my life people leant me a hand, and I want to do that for others."

Said Forescout's chief customer officer about her transition away from technical work to leadership: "When I want it I can grab it. When there's a deep technical issue, I can sit down and say, ‘OK, help me understand this.’ And I do find customers that appreciate when I come back."

Said the founder of KeyCaliber: "I probably know most of the women entrepreneurs in cybersecurity because we’re just so few and far between.”

Said the chief security officer at Elevate Credits: "As complex as security is, one wrong change could be that one time you think ‘I shouldn’t have done that’ and then it could be an entry point for a threat actor.”

Said chief information security officer of Auth0: “Representation is so much more important than we realize. And it’s not just about what you can give to the organization. It’s about those young people being able to see the world as it truly is, and it’s a truly diverse and beautiful space.

The chief trust and security officer of OneLogin didn't let "hitting a lot of brick walls" in the 1990s world of telecommunication get in the way of success. “I tell young people and any people of color, just keep going. You don't have to know everything, you just have to know something.”