ANN ARBOR, MI — (Marketwired) — 07/15/15 — , a cloud-based access security provider protecting the world–s largest and fastest-growing companies, today announced that nominations are open for its first annual Women in Security Awards. Winners will be announced during Black Hat USA 2015, August 1-6, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Women represent a growing and important force in security,” said Lisa Paul, Duo–s Vice President of Customer Success. “Duo is committing to many outreach efforts to promote diversity and bring more women into the security industry. These awards kick off those efforts by celebrating the contributions that women currently make and helping to inspire the next generation of women.”

The Women in Security Awards are open to anyone who currently identifies as a woman and is actively involved in the information security industry. The Nominating Committee will submit nominations through July 3, 2015.

The Women in Security Awards include:

Recognizing a female security professional who works or volunteers on projects related to information security

Recognizing a full-time female student or staff member currently enrolled in a college or university taking classes, contributing to projects, or doing research on information security

With the Academic Award, Duo hopes to inspire students and staff to get involved in information security and to promote strong academic programs related to the information security field.

Jaya Baloo, Chief Information Security Officer, KPN Telecom

Kelly Lum, Security Engineer, Tumblr

Eve Maler, VP Innovation & Emerging Technology, ForgeRock

Allison Miller, Ads Risk, Google

Katie Moussouris, Chief Policy Officer, HackerOne

Adrienne Porter Felt, Engineer & Usable Security Researcher, Google

Runa Sandvik, Contributor, Forbes

Parisa Tabriz, Chrome Security Manager, Google

Chenxi Wang, VP Cloud Security & Strategy, CipherCloud

Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder Head of User Experience, CloudFlare

Dena Harito Tsamatis, Director Information Networking Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Ariana Mirian, Student, University Michigan

Rachel Sitarz, Graduate Assistant, Purdue University

Neha Thethi, Information Security Analyst, BH Consulting

The nominating committee represents renowned security experts and professionals, including:

, Chief Security Officer, Oracle
, Vice President, Accuvant
, Research Director, Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center
Chief Security Officer, Tenable
Chief Technology Officer, Resilient Systems
Chief Executive Officer, Duo Security
Professor, US Berkeley, Former Fellow, FireEye
, Chief Executive Officer, IOActive

The 2015 Industry Award winner will receive:

Registration, flight, and hotel accommodations for

Complimentary Briefing pass sponsored by Black Hat to

A $2,500 stipend

A speaking opportunity at a future Duo Security Summit Women–s Leadership event

The 2015 Academic Award winner will receive:

Registration, flight, and hotel accommodations for

Complimentary Briefing pass sponsored by Black Hat to

A $2,500 stipend

Women may be nominated for many different types of contributions, including:

Significant contributions to the fields of information security and privacy

Exceptional knowledge, leadership, and professionalism in technical, academic, or commercial domains

Community involvement in the security industry beyond day-to-day employment

Sharing knowledge, providing mentorship, and encouraging the empowerment and success of women in the security industry and related causes

Nominees will be narrowed down to a set of finalists for both awards based on nomination criteria. A panel of judges from across the security industry will then vote to determine the winners from among the finalists selected. Winners will be announced in August at .

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Duo Security is a cloud-based access security provider protecting the world–s fastest-growing and largest companies and thousands of organizations worldwide, including Box, Etsy, Facebook, K-Swiss, The Men–s Wearhouse, NASA, Palantir, Paramount Pictures, Random House, Toyota, TripAdvisor Twitter, Yelp, Zillow, and more. Duo Security–s innovative and easy-to-use technology can be quickly deployed to protect users, data, and applications from breaches, credential theft and account takeover. Duo Security is backed by Benchmark, Google Ventures, Radar Partners, Redpoint Ventures and True Ventures. Try it for free at .

Contact:
Sally Feller Lanier
PR Manager
Duo Security

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