Women in Cybersecurity History

Dr. Fei-Fei Li is known for establishing which dataset that advanced the field of computer vision?

Annie Easley was one of the first Black women hired by NASA as a "Human Computer" to work on what?

Women in cybersecurity often face challenges such as gender bias, underrepresentation, and a lack of mentorship.

Who is known as the world’s first computer programmer?

Women make up roughly 25% of the workforce in the cybersecurity field.

Mary Kenneth Keller was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the U.S. from which university?

Dr. Marsha Rhea Williams was the first Black American woman to hold a Ph.D. in which field?

Who served as Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology & Ecosystem at The White House?

In which year did Marie Van Brittan Brown receive a patent for her invention of the first home security system?

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While completing her doctorate, Susan Landau worked part-time for BBN Technologies developing software for which agency?

Margaret Hamilton is known for programming software that was crucial to which historic event?

During World War II, Joan Clarke helped decipher Nazi messages by disrupting codes generated by which machine?

Elizabeth “Jake” Feinler was instrumental in creating which early internet directory at Stanford University in 1969?

Grace Murray Hopper is known for developing the first compiler for which programming language?

Rebecca Bace is known for her work in threat intrusion detection at which U.S. agency?

Hedy Lamarr, an actress and inventor, co-invented technology that later contributed to the development of Wi-Fi.

Valerie Thomas led the cybersecurity program for which agency from 1989 to 1993, developing security protocols?

Who is the Director of Engineering at Google and is known as the “Security Princess” for overseeing Google’s security?

Dorothy Denning is known for pioneering research in which area of computer science?