WISP's Program
Education
Continue our substantive security and privacy training for women and underrepresented communities, maintaining the status quo of 100+ attendance
Develop workshop intensives: e.g., secure coding; Privacy-by-Design (PbD); Hacking 101; Privacy Tool Hackathon; Privacy Engineering; Lock Picking; etc.
Increase corporate and non-corporate partnerships to support more substantive and leadership training for members
Develop inclusive industry training materials
MENTORSHIP & NETWORKING
Grow our WISP Tandem Mentors Program
Mobilize members of the WISP community to mentor teens by teaching female and underrepresented students about careers in security and privacy
Host and facilitate networking opportunities for our WISP community
Grow our social media outreach across channels, our website, and the WISP Monthly Newsletter
Expansion with new Local Groups in Dublin, Ireland, London, DC, New York City, and Toronto.
ADVANCEMENT
Help create a job pipeline for women and underrepresented communities to lead in security and privacy
Launch a conference inclusion initiative. Partner with Equal Respect initiative to: promote inclusivity; develop a Speaker's Bureau; and curate a list of women and underrepresented community members who are available to speak on panels.
Develop and Maintain tools that support women and underrepresented communities in our industries (i.e., curated list of Call for Papers and Call for Speakers, Job Openings, Certification Resources, etc.)
LEADERSHIP
Provide leadership training to women and underrepresented communities
Provide a platform for women and underrepresented communities to publish articles and share research
RESEARCH
Research ways to include more women and underrepresented communities in security and privacy industries
Review WISP's 2022 Annual Report