Mari Galloway, a best-selling author of Securing Our Future and cyber professional, is the CEO and a founding board member for the Womens Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC), one of the fastest growing 501(c)3 nonprofit cybersecurity communities dedicated to bringing more women and girls to cyber. WSC provides its members with the resources and support required to enter and advance as cybersecurity professionals. Mari began her career with Accenture, where she excelled as a network engineer. Mari is also a 2023 Presidential Lifetime Award winner and the inaugural ISC2 Diversity Award winner for 2019. With over 15 years in IT and cybersecurity, her experience spans network design, security architecture, risk assessments, vulnerability management, incident response, and policy development across government and commercial industries. Mari holds a variety of technical and management certifications (CISSP, GIAC, CCNA, etc.) as well as a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems from Columbus State University and a Master of Science in Information Systems from Strayer University. Mari is currently a resident of Las Vegas and is the CEO of a cybersecurity consulting company. She regularly contributes content to security blogs and training companies across the country as well as an adjunct professor for the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC). She also lends her time to various organizations as an award judge, mentor, and advisor. Outside of being a geek, Mari enjoys arts, puzzles, and Lego! Amena Jamali is a person with multiple facets. With her rational mind, she is a cybersecurity auditor and an aspiring scholar in the field of disinformation research and cyber psychology. With her creative mind, she is an epic fantasy author with four books published so far in the The Lord of Freedom series and many more coming. Her pursuit of truth has been shaped by an eclectic mixture of education: a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the University of Dallas, which is located in her home state of Texas. In various forums, she speaks and writes about political philosophy, information ethics, governance, risk, compliance, and data privacy, and she is equally passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion and about the representation of powerful women in literature. A firm believer in the supportive power of community, Amena is an active member of and leader in the Womens Society of Cyberjutsu and has in 2023 won that organizations Cyber Rising Star Award. When she is not working, writing, or theorizing, she reads, learns languages, watches superhero movies, embroiders, and bakes delicious pies.
