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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 16h

Did you miss Nicole Schwartz and HD Moore's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/Y312XEj2mLs
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Nicole Schwartz (she/her) Senior Security Product Manager at ActiveState. Photo of HD Moore (he/him) Creator of Metasploit & Founder & CEO of runZero. Talk title: Forging Strong Cyber Communities in Uncertain Times. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 20h

Did you miss the registration window for the NCL Fall 2025 Competition Season?
Late Registration is ongoing! Sign up now!
October 11 - 14
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NCL Fall 2025 Registration | Cyber Skyline

Cyber Skyline is a cloud-based hands-on cybersecurity skills evaluation platform. Measure technical skills by pentesting servers or analyzing forensic evidence rather than answering multiple choice…

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 1d

Did you miss Aaron Stanley's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/stw6xvxwAZQ
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Aaron Stanley (he/him). VP, Security & IT at dbt Labs. Talk title: Click Here Now: A Positive Way to Create Phishing Awareness. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 2d

Did you miss Harriet Farlow's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/DESJbJjY0o0
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Harriet Farlow (she/her) CEO and Founder at Mileva Security Labs, AI Hacker at HarrietHacks. Talk Title: Will the Terminator imprison us, or will threat actors compromise it first? The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 2d

The Diana Initiative is looking for more staff members! Fill out the form below, or contact [email protected] for more information
(Especially anyone interested in running an online event!)

docs.google.com/forms/d/1EFA...

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 3d

Did you miss Lindsey Allen's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/YyQBccRsL9U
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Lindsey Allen (she/her) Application Security Analyst at GuidePoint Security. Talk Title: The Case for AI Pessimism in the Age of AI Optimism. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 3d

Want to serve on the board for The Diana Initiative? We are extending the nomination deadline! Learn more here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 4d

Did you miss Jess Lowe and Jess McClintock's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/uU4hZCOeQpo
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Jess Lowe (she/her) Software Engineer @ Google. Photo of Jess McClintock (she/they) Senior Software Engineer @ Google. Talk Title: Insecurity in Security: Maintainer Support in Open Source. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 5d

Did you miss Kyle Levine's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/c623_xEUAd4
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 6d

Did you miss Erin Relford's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/u4WVP1T_O0s
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 7d

Did you miss Jocelyn Woolbright's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/h9ZowgQoj7c
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Jocelyn Woolbright (she/her) #ShareTheMicInCyber New America Fellow, 2025 Class. Talk Title: The Hidden Cybersecurity Crisis Facing Human Rights Defenders. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 8d

We are going to BSides NYC! Come check out this awesome event on 18 October 2025 - learn more at bsidesnyc.org

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 8d

Did you miss Rachana Kamat's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/nt8vk5V3zKg
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Rachana Kamat (she/her). Samsara, Senior Security Engineer. Talk title: The Cybersecurity Goldilock Problem: Finding Just-Right Algorithms to Set Smarter Thresholds. The Diana Initiative * August 4 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 9d

Our amazing partner Latinas in Cyber is hosting a summit at the Museum of the Moving Image! Join 150+ Latina cyber leaders shaping the future of digital defense.
18 October 2025. Queens, NYC.
laicsummit.com

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 9d

Did you miss Bianca Ionescu's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/4umS4Sb-pOw
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Bianca Ionescu (she/her) Vice President of UNLV Cyber Clinic. Talk Title: Real Clients, Real Stakes: Building Cyber Leaders in Student-Run Clinics. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 10d

Fall 2025 Season Schedule:
- Gymnasium: Aug 18 – Dec 12
- Practice Game: Oct 13 – 19
- Individual Game: Oct 24 – 26
- Team Game: Nov 7 – 9

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 10d

With NCL, you will:
- Build hands-on, technical cybersecurity skills
- Earn a Scouting Report that proves you're job-ready
- Represent your school in the Cyber Power Rankings
- Have fun!

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 10d

Time to register for the NCL Fall 2025 Season!

Register now to start training in the Gymnasium: lnkd.in/eVXU4Bt
Regular registration closes: October 10 @ 11:59 PM ET / 8:59 PM PT

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 10d

Did you miss Klaus Agnoletti and Glen Sorensen's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/2bwH2qiZgRg
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Klaus Agnoletti (he/him) Storytelling Cyber Security Advisor. Photo of Glen Sorensen (he/him) vCISO, Managing Director, and Oftentimes Troublemaker. Talk Title: Dungeons & Dragons: The security tool you didn’t know you needed. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 11d

Did you miss Sai Kiran Uppu and Omkar Nimbalkar's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/N945-v6f3Ck
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Sai Kiran Uppu (he/him. Sr Cyber Threat Researcher. Photo of Omar Nimbalkar (he/him) Sr. Manager, Cyber Threat Research & Intelligence, Adobe. Talk Title: Supercharging Threat Intelligence with AI: Automating IOC Extraction and Enrichment. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 12d

Did you miss Lauren Deason's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/kj4haq-KqYc
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 13d

Are you a neurodivergent person in cybersecurity? SANS is hosting a virtual summit 4 Dec 2025! Learn more here - www.sans.org/cyber-securi...

Neurodiversity in Cybersecurity Summit 2025

This Summit will be loaded with content developed by and for neurodiverse cybersecurity professionals, but will also be invaluable to anyone who manages, reports to, works with, or just wants to…

www.sans.org

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The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 13d

Did you miss Kennedy Toomey's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/vuGgLTMR_vI
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Kennedy Toomey (she/her) Application Security Researcher & Advocate @ Datadog. Talk Title Docs, Demos, and DevRel: The Other Side of Tech. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 14d

Did you miss Tavleen Kaur's talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/9oxB2_DrbVU
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo of Tavleen Kaur (she/her) Production Engineer, Meta. Meta Sponsored Session: Manage Network Filtering at Scale. The Diana Initiative * August 4, 2025

The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social · 15d

Did you miss the LlamaFirewall talk at #TDI2025? See it now on our Youtube Channel! youtu.be/GyZ4dtpW9iQ
#SecuringOurFutureTogether

Photo provided by Stephanie Ding (she/her) Software Engineer @ Meta. Photo of Sahana Chennabasappa (she/her) Security Engineer, Meta. Photo of Cyrus Nikolaidis (he/him) Machine Learning Engineer, Meta. Kat He (no photo) (she/her) achine Learning Engineer, Meta. Talk Title: LlamaFirewall: an open source guardrail system for building secure AI agents. The Diana Initiative * August 4 2025

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