“The biggest way that I’ve confronted self-doubt is by finding people who believe in me and will kind of hype me up when I need it, to the point where I believe in myself."

"I was once told that I may not be a vulnerability researcher. That's something that I know, I'm never going to tell my team — not today, not ever — because it affected me as an individual who was trying to build a career in cybersecurity. I always come up with a plan to ensure that I am providing them with the resources, with the technical skillsets or training that is needed for them to achieve what they want to achieve.”

“Our unique perspectives as women can lead to the best solutions — especially when we push boundaries," said the senior cyber security engineer at Mitre Corporation.

In a 2015 interview about the events of 9/11, first ever secretary of DHS Tom Ridge said this: "If you wanted to know what the biggest challenge was at the outset, it was securing relevant information in a timely way." And today, 20 years later, that challenge persists.