StoryCorps @ RSAC: The Diversity Question

Even as a child, Chris Young, Senior VP and general manager of Intel Security Group, was interested in building. And it was the combination of problem-solving, innovation and building that drew him to technology. On the other hand, “I so didn’t choose it,” Mischel Kwon, president and CEO of MKA Cyber tells him. A chance encounter in a shopping mall, where she was asked to take a test by a computer school, changed her life. They talk about technology as a great equalizer, and how bringing more diverse groups into the cybersecurity fold comes with challenges as our nation talks more openly about its divisive past and as the industry embraces inclusion across class, race and gender lines. You can hear more of their conversation here.