CSO Compass Award: Erin Jacobs

10.05.2010

Actually, I am attempting to elevate and cultivate gender awareness in this industry. There are fewer women entering the computer profession today than in 1980. In 1980, there were not nearly as many career choices available to women as there are today. So to see that number go down is concerning.

I'm not sure if that matters. But all people should have the same opportunity. Due to the way we are weighted, there won't be as many C-level women. For example, Apple has no women in C-level management. Is Apple not welcoming? Not the case. We simply are not keeping women engaged in regards to what is available. I think part of it is that we are doing a bad job of teaching information security to (female) teenagers.

Social media is giving us a ton more challenges than we ever expected. People are putting all this info out there. For safety purposes--whether it's for a teenager or an organization--it's all the same. What is out there--all of it--will stick, permanently. Where is the dividing line between what you do at work and on your own personal time, and where is the jurisdiction for that in an organization?