'Creating a culture' - How to attract and retain a diverse workforce in technology with Jennifer Cox

In this episode, I speak to Jennifer Cox, award winning cyber security specialist who is renowned in her field as an advocate for and ally of women in this industry. During this chat, we discuss her entry into cybersecurity, her work with WiCyS, what diversity should look like in tech and how companies can attract diverse talent by creating and selling the culture - something that some businesses neglect. Jennifer Cox is a multi-award-winning professional with over 18 years of experience in tech and in the Cyber Security industry. She has been nominated/shortlisted for over 25 awards in her field and received the prestigious Stevie award in 2022 following the Women in IT award for Outstanding Contribution in 2021. She supports her team in Tenable, who work with techies across the Globe in enabling best practices and cyber exposure prevention. Jennifer is an Ambassador for Wentors global mentorship programme, Director for Ireland at the WiCyS UK & Ireland Affiliate, an active member of WITS Ireland (Women in Technology and Science Ireland), WomenTech Community and WiCyS Global (Women in CyberSecurity) and works hard to insure diversity and inclusion within her industry by partaking in roles such as Judging at the Coolest Projects event for kids in the RDS, launching a mentoring project in Tenable, speaking at events such as BSides Dublin, WomenTech Global, BBWIC, CWiCS (Cisco Women in Cyber Security), CBF Fest (Coding Black Females Fest) HexCon, UK CyberWeek, Cyber Summit Ireland, WiCyS Global and more.