10 NOVEMBER, 14.30-16.00

Representation of women varies across the different criminal justice domains involved in the fight against cybercrime. One area where women are typically underrepresented is the technical domains, including digital forensics, CERTs, and cybersecurity. This may reflect historical trends viewing these as typically male disciplines, as well as lower numbers of women pursuing so-called STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at school or university. As the development and deployment of new technologies, as well as the collection and use of electronic evidence, becomes an ever more important part of the arsenal of criminal justice actors fighting cybercrime, promoting the role of women in these technical domains is crucial. 

This session will explore some of the obstacles preventing women from entering and progressing within the technical domains, and identify what both policymakers and practitioners can do to promote the role of women in these areas. 

This workshop is co-hosted by CyberNet. 

  • Moderator: Liina Areng, Regional Program Lead, EU CyberNet  
  • Rapporteur: Melissa Alcantara, Coordinator, Dominican Republic national CSIRT
  • Secretariat: Denise Mazzolani, CyberSouth project, Council of Europe Cybercrime Programme Office  
Speakers
Elsa Encarnacion
Elsa Encarnacion Defense CSIRT Director @C5i, Ministry of Defense, Member of the National Cybersecurity Center Technical Committee, Dominican Republic
Eneli Laurits
Eneli Laurits Prosecutor, Northern District Prosecutor's Office of Estonia
Liina Areng
Liina Areng Regional Program Lead, EU CyberNet
Melissa Alcantara
Melissa Alcantara Coordinator, Dominican Republic national CSIRT
Pelenita Atoa
Pelenita Atoa Acting Director for Tonga Computer Emergency Response Team
Rosemary Butare
Rosemary Butare Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority
Yevheniia Volivnyk
Yevheniia Volivnyk Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA, State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine

 

International Conference

Promoting the role of women in preventing, investigating and prosecuting cybercrime
10 - 11 November 2022
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