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Security leadership: Women on the frontline
What does success look like in the enterprise security industry? Meet 13 female security executives who are at the forefront of the field.
Maria Henriquez
KEYWORDS business continuity / cyber security / loss prevention / risk management / security leadership / women in security
Editor's note: First, we believe it's important that all public servants should be commended and recognized for their contributions, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. So many enterprise security professionals are on the frontlines, in harm's way without much recognition, and some are risking their lives to provide help, services and expertise. Thank you to all security leaders and first responders!
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I had the pleasure to speak with the following 13 female executives who are bound by the same passion: to serve, protect and facilitate public or private safety and security - and all succeeding in security leadership roles:
Dollie Kelly, Vice President, Security & Retail Operations, C&F Bank
Kim Loy, Chief Product Officer, ACRE Operating Group
Dr. Eman El-Sheikh, Director and Professor, Center for Cybersecurity, University of West Florida
Haylea Parkes, Vice President, Global Security & Crisis Management, CBRE
Mary Hough, Vice President, Security Management, Corporate Security Overwatch
Jenai Marinkovic, Chief Security Information Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Tiro Security
Jo Stewart-Rattray, Director, Information Security & IT Assurance, BRM Advisory and Chief Security Officer, Silver Chain Group
Gail Coury, Vice President, General Manager, Silverline Managed Services, F5 Networks
Fiona Walters, Executive Vice President, Commercial, Americas, G4S
Lyndsey Taylor, Business Security Director & Crisis Management Leader, GE Appliances, a Haier Co.
Reema Anand, Vice President, Cybersecurity Governance, Risk & Compliance, Visa, Inc.
Sheri Piper, Cyber Range Master, Security Solutions, Tech Data
Sandy Chandler, Director, Loss Prevention, Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Dollie Kelly
VP, Security and Retail Operations
C&F Bank
"When I started my banking career, I never dreamed I would become part of the security world," says Dollie Kelly, who is VP of Security and Retail Operations at C&F Bank, a bank holding company that operates 30 retail bank branches and three commercial loan offices in Virginia. "I moved into a security role because it aligned with the operational roles I was already performing." At C&F Bank, Kelly is responsible for security, retail operations and business continuity, as well as cyber testing and education.
Kelly is extremely passionate about ensuring the safety and security of C&F Bank employees. She achieves that goal by maintaining a strong employee awareness program around robberies. "When training is repeated over time, a long-term muscle memory is created for that situation, eventually allowing the task to be performed with little to no conscious effort. The body has the ability to go through those motions without taking a long time to pause, to control fear as much as possible and to think about what should be done next, thus allowing our employees to respond in a safe manner, while also ensuring the arrest of the robber or culprits," she explains.
Much of what Kelly has learned about bank and retail security has come from both male and female mentors that have been in the field for years, some of which are former law enforcement and other leaders who have overseen different functions at the bank, Kelly says. "Because there were many security leaders willing to be my mentors, my transition to security from previous retail-focused roles wasn't very difficult. Being part of the Virginia Bankers Association, and now a chair of the Security Committee, was instrumental, as well."
She credits many individuals to her success. Thanks to them, she says, "I'm very passionate about the safety and the protection of others through learning and awareness. We all have a security responsibility, and through recognizing that security is important and reinforcing security with training, we will be the safest that we can be," she notes.
Even more, through mentoring, Kelly has observed that female leadership in the security industry is more accepted. "By having an equal part of female and male leaders, we broaden the horizon of the thought process for security. It allows us to reach depths that we may not have reached prior due to the single-sex leadership perspective."
Her advice to anyone, but female executives in particular, is to be yourself. "Know your strengths, your weaknesses and ask for help," she says. "There are many security leaders who are willing to mentor willing to assist you because we understand security is a shared responsibility. We all want each other to be safe."
Kelly is co-chair of the Virginia Bankers Association Security and ERM Committee, Girl Scout Leader, a member of Virginia 1st, a member of the Junior Achievement Young Professional's Board, the Newport News Financial Crimes Task Force and the USSS ID Theft Task Force.
Kim Loy
ACRE Operating Group
Security wasn't something she had planned for but the job presented itself, and she has never looked back. Kim Loy is Chief Product Officer of ACRE Operating Group, the parent company that owns a number of electronic security system brands. "I love this industry. It's constantly changing," she says.
Loy's past experience includes roles covering product management, marketing communications, R&D and operations in a number of organizations, including; Infographics, GE Security, G4S, Xtralis, DVTEL (now FLIR), Pelco by Schneider Electric and Vanderbilt Industries. In 2018, she moved to ACRE, where she is responsible for oversight of the company's brands, strategic product planning and cybersecurity strategy. In addition, she provides direction for messaging strategy and communications development.
One thing she loves about security is the constant change. "Technology is always changing. One of the buzzwords now is frictionless access control – being able to enter a building without touching a reader or keypad. Deploying frictionless technology has a number of aspects that need to be considered, including automatic door openers. The constantly changing technology and developments keeps the industry and my role interesting."
Because security is never stagnant, Loy says, education is critical. "You have to be self-driven to constantly learn new things to stay relevant," she adds. "It also forces you to persevere, especially as a woman in the industry."
Thirty-years ago, she often was the "only woman in the room."
"Now that there are more women in the industry, we have proven that we have the knowledge and the experience to deserve a position in the room. A lot more women are achieving better positions and roles within the organizations that they work for," she says.
One mentor to Loy was Sandy Jones, a security industry veteran who had a 45-year long career. "Sandy took me under her wing and was successful in helping me get onto the SIA board of directors for my first term back in 2006 when relatively few women held that position."
The security industry is great for female leadership and offers many opportunities, Loy says. "We bring a different perspective to many positions of leadership. Any woman has the opportunity to move ahead with the right drive and motivation – it's a great industry to work in."
Her advice for anyone who is working with a company that isn't conductive to promoting women is to "find another company. It's that simple because you're not going to change the culture of an organization with your driving determination. But in the right organization, that drive and determination will take you as far as you wish to go."
Outside of her work, Loy serves as a Board Member on the Security Industry Association (SIA) and as the Vice Chair for the SIA Executive Committee.
Dr. Eman El-Sheikh
Director and Professor,
Center for Cybersecurity
It was at the Center for Cybersecurity at the University of West Florida (UWF) where Dr. Eman El-Sheikh found her calling. "My role here gives me the opportunity to not only advance the field but inspire future generations, as well. I have the opportunity to bring people from across academia, industry and government together to solve big challenges and make a difference by developing best practice cybersecurity education and workforce development programs," she says.
Dr. El-Sheikh is Director of the Center for Cybersecurity at UWF. She also leads the NSA/DHS National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Regional Hub for the Southeast U.S., where she works to advance best practices in cybersecurity education and prepare the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. The Center for Cybersecurity has received several grants to enhance cybersecurity education and training for K-12, college and non-traditional students.
The field of cybersecurity has taught Dr. El-Sheikh to be bold. "Big challenges require bold solutions. As the cybersecurity threat landscape continues to expand, so does the need for qualified cybersecurity professionals. We need to develop sustainable and scalable programs to overcome the skills gap and workforce deficit to catch up. It's important to collaborate to resolve the skills gap, too. We'll never get ahead if we work in silos or reinvent the wheel. We must bring diverse perspectives together and work towards innovative, collaborative solutions."
Therefore, Dr. El-Sheikh is passionate about helping recruit and advance women in cybersecurity careers. In 2019, she co-founded the Florida Women in Cybersecurity Affiliate to recruit, support and advance women in cybersecurity across the state. "The organization facilitates information sharing, mentoring and networking opportunities for both working professionals as well as students. My hope is that by sharing our experiences, we can inspire younger generations to explore the world of cybersecurity and help others advance their careers," she explains.
The UWF Center for Cybersecurity has partnered with the Girl Scouts to offer a cybersecurity camp for middle school girls to earn cybersecurity badges. "We need a holistic solution to the cybersecurity skills shortage, and that starts with fostering more interest in science and technology among girls from an early age," she adds. "We need to serve as role models and encourage more mentoring and professional development opportunities to help more women advance to leadership roles."
It's also very important for women in the field to be their own best advocate, Dr. El-Sheikh notes. "Sometimes women will wait until they have the perfect ideas or solutions to contribute. We need to encourage women to step up and take leadership roles, and strive for continuous improvement along the way."
As part of giving back, Dr. El-Sheikh serves as the higher education representative on the Florida Cybersecurity Task Force, which was established by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to provide recommendations to enhance the state's cybersecurity resiliency. She also serves as a peer reviewer for several conferences and organizations, including the editorial board of the Cybersecurity Skills Journal and as a faculty mentor for the UWF AI Research Group.
Haylea Parkes
Vice President, Global Security & Crisis Management
Haylea Parkes began her career in Australia, in risk management and business continuity, working in both the public and private sectors at companies such as ANZ, MFS Limited, Ergon Energy and Queensland Urban Utilities.
She then became Global Lead for Business Continuity and Crisis Management at CBRE, a full-service commercial real estate firm that provides solutions to property owners, investors and occupiers. Though Parkes had only been in a security leadership role for three years, she catapulted to the top of the security food chain when CBRE merged internal teams (Business Continuity Management and Global Security teams) in January 2018, she says. As a result, she now leads a Global Security and Crisis Management team.
Her new role, she says, brings different challenges. "Six months ago, for instance, I wouldn't have imagined that my day would be entirely focused around pandemic response or virus response. In the past few months in responding to this pandemic, I've learned that security is a team sport. There is so much value in having diversity and a variety of perspectives in a team to get a 360-view of security."
Parkes is part of a structured mentorship program at CBRE, which helps her understand how to become a better mentor. "It's not only a good way to contribute back to the company, but also an opportunity for me to develop professionally to become a better mentor going forward."
To be exposed to different viewpoints and others in the industry, she likes to attend as many conferences and networking events as possible. Over the years, she has seen more female leaders being recognized for their expertise. "It's been great to see that evolution. More women are being given opportunities to excel in leadership positions, even if they are not from traditional security backgrounds, like myself."
Parkes notes that evolution means that even if female executives don't have a strong background in security, there are many opportunities to learn from other security leaders. "We have the ability to manage and lead a successful and effective team in this space," she says. "It's important for current security leaders to allow those with limited experience to succeed and grow within their roles. But it's critical for women to not be intimidated and to ask for help to be more educated about the role of enterprise security."
"I came to my current role with a new perspective, and I've only been in the security space for three years," Parkes adds. "I admit, at first it was daunting, but I had the support of my mentors and a really strong team, so I was able to learn from them. If you feel like you don't fit the profile of a typical security leader, seek opportunities to learn from mentors, and mentor colleagues, as well. Take on new responsibilities, even if they are outside of your comfort zone, because that's how you grow and expand."
Mary Hough, CPP
Vice President of Security Management
Corporate Security Overwatch
Mary Hough got her start in security in the form of a summer opportunity at BlueCross BlueShield – and that summer job lasted 15 years, she jokes.
Throughout her career at BlueCross, as Regional Security Manager at William Wrigley Jr. Co., Director of Security at the University of Chicago and Global Security Director at Navistar Inc., Hough has honed her risk management, corporate security and emergency preparedness skills. She has managed myriad of security teams and officers, developed emergency safety and workplace violence programs and established risk management tools.
Recently, Hough was named VP of Security Management at Corporate Security Overwatch. "Randy Kincaid, my BlueCross mentor, formed the company to combine everything that we've always talked about as a group," she explains. "We will provide security services to companies and organizations that cannot afford to have a full-time experienced security professional on staff."
"During this pandemic, everybody needs resiliency because they weren't very proactive, and now they're reactive," she adds. "Everyone is trying to figure out how to get their businesses back up and running."
Being proactive instead of reactive is a valuable skill Hough has learned throughout her career. "Being reactive in this business can cost a lot of money. The pandemic started and people were not prepared with the right pandemic processes in place. Now, people are asking, 'What is the best way to get our people back in our building?' Or 'How do we get anywhere from 50 to 2,000 people back in a manufacturing plant'? Or, 'Do I hire 20 guards and have everyone take their temperatures?' If they would have invested in a business continuity plan that included a pandemic response, they would only be adjusting a few things and not reinventing the entire wheel," she notes.
Hough has always had a passion to build and champion individuals in the security industry. "It doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman in this business – it's about skills and experience. However, as women, there are unique situations that we come across as security professionals. So we should always aspire to build each other up, instead of tearing each other down."
At times, it's easy to get discouraged and doubt your abilities as a female executive in the industry, she claims. "We are often outnumbered in a room of people who are all subject matter experts. My advice? Join female leadership groups, keep up with security trends, stay in touch with fellow colleagues and don't isolate yourself within the industry," she says. "Make sure you can speak at an educated level with confidence. Bring a proactive voice to your company and help establish an effective security program."
In her free time, Hough is active in female leadership groups, both in the ASIS and OSAC Women in Security, and is an active member of the FBI Chicago Citizens Academy, which focuses on community relations.
Jenai Marinkovic
Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Technology Officer
Tiro Security
"I've been fortunate in my career to have been guided by brilliant mentors who inspired me to transcend boundaries, empowered me to fail, and helped me hone creativity and vision into a singular core purpose. Purpose-based leadership helped open the doors to work in the cybersecurity sector and expand into areas such as futurism, innovation, experimentation and engineering," says Jenai Marinkovic, CISO and CTO of Tiro Security.
Marinkovic's career is impressive. For more than 20 years, she has been establishing information security programs, including security architecture, design, and engineering programs, global cyber defense and forensics teams. Marinkovic has been responsible for enterprise and converged security functions, including digital and physical security, business continuity, crisis management, compliance, and more. She has held upper management and executive roles at Beckman Coulter, Zenith Insurance, DirectTV, Beyond and Tiro Security. She sits on the Technology Advisory boards for Beyond and Kmute.
Now, as a CISO and CTO, Marinkovic provides on-demand services to Tiro Security clients, including cybersecurity and technology strategy and design, security and tech risk management, organizational governance, audit and compliance, capability performance management and maturity assessments, defense and forensics.
Cybersecurity is the fastest moving industry in the world, believes Marinkovic, who is also a cybersecurity subject matter expert for ISACA. "There's something magical about what's happening with technology, as we enter the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution,' a time marked by the intersection of biological, physical and digital worlds. When this happens, the conditions are optimal for events called "Big Bang Disruptions." We will see disruptive creations that tear down and build up new product lines and technology, overnight," she explains. "Security has to operate within all of those worlds. Given the enormity of all changes that we're facing, there's always an opportunity for security leaders to work within those "bleeding edges," and think outside of and work with emerging technologies."
Security gets to take advantage of these innovations to build security capabilities to better protect assets, infrastructure and individuals, Marinkovic claims. "These disruptive forces will trigger the rapid change of business processes and product lines, forcing security groups to adapt. Adaptation and evolution teach failure, which teaches resilience. The world of security is all about learning from failure – how to harness the power of failure, fail fast, fail forward, and use those learnings to better the world around you. Becoming an executive means mastering failure resilience."
Marinkovic notes that women are having difficulty breaking into the field. "Due to the risks that companies face, they often feel they must hire people who already have experience." She believes we must work together to help get more women into the field and build the leadership pipelines to get them prepared for middle management or senior leadership roles. "All leaders in the industry must commit to mentoring and supporting apprenticeships now. We need to provide women new to or recently entering the industry more hands-on client-facing experience, enabling them to get hired and ultimately become the CISOs of tomorrow."
In her free time, Marinkovic likes to farm on her family's ranch. She competes in medieval heavy weapons fighting and has been studying ancient and medieval medicine for the past ten years.
Jo Stewart-Rattray
Director of Security & Technology, BRM Advisory
Chief Security Officer,
Silver Chain Group
In the 25 years she's been in the security and technology industry, Jo Stewart-Rattray has progressed through the ranks to become a Chief Information Officer in the electricity and tourism sectors in Australia, Director of Information Security and Manager of many other strong companies. Currently, Stewart-Rattray is Director of Information Security & IT Assurance for BRM Advisory, where she assists companies with guidance on information security and governance, including compliance, audit and awareness.
In addition, as CSO at Silver Chain, a not-for-profit organization delivering community health and care services across Australia, she's helping build a strong security stance. "And it's certainly been a challenge given that we are in the middle of a pandemic. All of a sudden, we had to enable hundreds of employees to work remotely from their homes," she notes. "We had to find new and secure ways for nurse practitioners and nurse clinicians to be able to share and receive sensitive information while on the road, as well."
Despite past and current challenges, Stewart-Rattray says her career has been rewarding as she has had opportunities to work across industry sectors and to work with talented people. Her approach is to be collaborative. "Security is about collaboration, it's about listening. Listen to what your clients want before saying no. Take a cross-organizational approach that is not just about cybersecurity – this is about securing information from cradle to grave. Having a successful cyber strategy is to ensure that we do everything in our power and utilize every resource to safeguard the information that we are trusted to protect."
Currently, Stewart-Rattray is in the process of mentoring two women, who are incredibly capable and talented, she says. "To see them grow is not only a great journey for them, but for me as well. It really is a two-way street. I learn as much from my protégés, as I hope they learn from me."
To help drive the idea that women can learn from each other, she was the founding Chair of ISACA's Women Leadership Advisory Council and helped spearhead the SheLeadsTech initiative. "It's simple," she says, "there aren't enough women in the security and technology businesses, so the SheLeadsTech program was developed in order to assist, end and examine the under-representation of women in the tech workforce. It's been helpful for many women who aspire to leadership roles and want to take steps to the corporate ladder."
When she finishes her career in the years to come, Stewart-Rattray would like to believe she has left a legacy of encouraging young women to step up "because we need to see a more equitable face of security," she says. "Women do bring amazing talents and different viewpoints to security, so we need to work on encouraging and supporting women in the security industry."
Stewart-Rattray lives in the beautiful Clare Valley in South Australia one of Australia's premium wine-growing districts. Her family owns a small vineyard, so she likes to spend time outside, with her husband and dogs. She also owns various micro-businesses, centered around canning and jelly making, beading necklaces using semi-precious stones and Japanese silk-dyeing.
Gail Coury
Vice President & General Manager,
Silverline Managed Services
"Solving security problems for different industries is always a challenge because each vertical has its own security basic foundational risk and controls, applied consistently across all businesses. But in the four decades I've been solving security challenges, I have never stopped having fun," says Gail Coury, VP and General Manager of Silverline Managed Services at F5 Networks – a transnational company that specializes in application services and application delivery networking.
Coury is an experienced security executive, who has led information security infrastructure systems and network management operations, security technical consulting, information systems auditing and programming. She has been involved in a wide range of industries, including technology, airline reservation systems, insurance, banking and retail. Prior to her current role at F5, Coury led the information security function for Oracle Cloud globally, which includes SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and Managed Cloud services. She has also been CISO for PeopleSoft and for J.D. Edwards.
As an accomplished executive, she feels it's important to give back and pay back all the blessings she's had in her career by helping women progress into leadership roles. At Oracle, Coury was a community leader of the Women's Leadership group, where she provided mentorship and guidance to up-and-coming leaders at Oracle. She is an active member of ISACA and has participated in both the Women's Leadership Council and SheLeadsTech program, as well as the formation of ISACA's philanthropic strategy. She now serves as board chair for ISACA's One In Tech foundation.
"As women in this space, it's important to ask ourselves: What can we do, and how can help try to drive women forward? Women need role models to help them gain enough confidence to go through their own development process and for leaders to encourage them and inspire them," she says. "We need to know there is a place where we can talk, network and have the opportunity to grow and learn together, while also balancing the playing field for everyone."
"Most women are like me - they never thought about computer science or development or computer engineering as a career option," she adds, "But security is fun and challenging. The threat landscape always evolves; therefore, security isn't a job that you'll ever be finished with."
Fifteen years ago, Coury notes, security was an IT problem. "Today many organizations are embarking upon digital transformation and in doing so, securely interacting with their customers is of critical importance in maintaining their confidence and loyalty. The role of security in enabling the business has really grown, which in turn has enabled a security leader to become an integral part of the company and the company's strategy," she says.
"Now, security is at the top of the mind for boards," Coury notes. "They want to understand the risk associated with the way that services are being delivered to customers, and whether security has enabled those services to be done in a way that is within the risk tolerance of the company or the organization."
Fiona Walters
Executive Vice President, Commercial for the Americas
Fiona Walters has been with G4S since 1992. There, she has been instrumental in the successful start-up of several service lines in the UK and the US. She successfully ran G4S businesses in the Care & Justice sector prior to taking on broader responsibilities covering all security sectors.
As EVP, Commercial, Walters is responsible for business development, Americas outbound sales and G4S' U.S. Embassy global program. Her business development responsibilities include improving sales, operations and performance, and working with all G4S's Americas countries and businesses to build, implement and integrate their strategic sales plans, ensuring the businesses meet their sales goals and drive the integrated solutions strategy. With her team, she is responsible for quality, consistency, contractual compliance and operational performance for embassy security programs in more than 40 countries.
"I got started in security back in the early 90s, but it was my father, a senior police officer, who created a foundation for me to see how important safety and security is to society. We help make society safer. We help customers protect their most important assets and people."
She works with a great team, she notes, who truly values people and customers and getting it right. "We are not just selling a product. We are helping drive value for a customer and helping protect people, employees, critical infrastructure and whatever happens to be an asset. Security is meaningful, not menial work."
Security professionals, she claims, are also often overlooked by society. "They do remarkable things every single day. We should never underestimate what somebody is capable of. We've got frontline workers who are saving lives every day, who are engaged in various challenging environments during this global pandemic, to ensure that people are protected."
While the industry overall, Walters says, is male-oriented, "there are more women coming into the security industry and the quality of their leadership and knowledge is really high. They deserve the roles they are in."
It's critical for those already established in the industry to step into a mentoring role, she says. "It's really important for us to enlist high performing talent in the industry and help them grow. It's critical for us to communicate often and offer a perspective of what it's like to be a leader in the industry. Having a good mix, male or female and minorities, adds different perspectives and adds value to security operations."
In her free time, Walters enjoys spending time with family, traveling to different parts of the world to expand her mind and open it to different perspectives, as well as staying updated on global trends that may impact her duties at G4S. Walters and her team members also volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, among other charities supported by G4S.
Lyndsey Taylor
Business Security Director & Crisis Management Leader
GE Appliances, a Haier Co.
"From a very young age, I knew I always wanted to be in the world of law enforcement. I always had this inner desire to serve and protect," says Lyndsey Taylor, Business Security Director and Crisis Management Leader at GE Appliances, a Haier Co.
After obtaining a degree in Police Administration and then a masters in Criminal Justice, Taylor became a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, specializing as a Network Intrusion Agent and then as manager for the Kentucky's Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force.
After nine years, she transitioned to the private sector, as Global Security Manager of Investigations and Executive Protection at Humana. Her first assignment in the private sector was to secure a mobile well-being display in New York City's Central Park, Taylor says. "I threw all resources into the event, just like we would at the Secret Service. I had armed officers overnight and barricades. My boss looked at me and said, 'What is the problem statement, and what are you trying to secure?' That's when I realized there's a balance, and there's risk that you have to be willing to assume. Mitigate what you can and balance the risk based on the likelihood of an incident occurring."
After Humana, Taylor moved on to GE Appliances, first as Sr. Security Manager, and then into her current role in 2015, leading security and crisis management for the entire business. Taylor holds global responsibility and oversight of all business, facility, people, property and travel security programs. These include emergency preparedness, crisis management, journey management, investigations, workplace violence prevention, asset protection, loss prevention, executive protection, special event planning and business continuity planning.
Taylor has had the pleasure of mentoring several colleagues. "I never make it a purpose to just recruit for security. My goal with each mentee is to become an advocate for them internally within this company, or externally, because my goal and my job as a mentor is to be a servant to them."
Personally, Taylor feels there's simply not enough women in the security space. "Women, and all diverse individuals, bring a different narrative and perspective to security. My advice is – and this applies to anyone in the industry – understand that security is a customer service organization. You are a servant leader. Your main priority is to be a great partner and active listener, to be humble and to build those relationships that enable the success of your business and customer."
Taylor is an advocate for veterans and military personnel. She co-loads the Veterans Network at GE Appliances, helping to build the programs to support their recruitment, transition and retention into the private sector. Currently, she's co-leading the COVID-19 Crisis Response Business Continuity team.
Reema Anand
Vice President, Cybersecurity Governance Risk and Compliance
Visa, Inc.
As a VP of Cybersecurity Governance Risk and Compliance, Reema Anand oversees a variety of critical functions, including the creation of enterprise security controls and policies to address the changing threat and regulatory landscape; managing emerging risks from third-party vendors and partners; ensuring compliance with internal and external audits and regulatory requirements; performing security due diligence and governance reporting for Visa M&As; and overseeing the remediation assurance process for cybersecurity vulnerabilities and findings.
Anand also leads the executive and board reporting data functions that enables Executive Management decision-making through reporting of cyber metrics and strategic initiatives.
Prior to joining Visa in April 2019, she was a Managing Director with KPMG LLP Risk Advisory for 15 years. She served as the Silicon Valley Corporate Social Responsibility Leader in charge of leading various diversity and inclusion initiatives.
"I owe a large part of my success and career development to my mentors," she says. "When I first joined the Visa team, I sought out my mentors and other leaders who had been in the financial and payments sector, and they guided me in understanding the dynamics of this space."
Cybersecurity is a priority for her and the Visa team, Anand claims. "I love that I get an array of challenges in this space, so I get to apply everything I've learned over the past 16 years to make an impact in our communities and the world we live in. We are enabling the safe and secure movement of money in a digital payment space – it is no small task."
Cybersecurity has taught her to plan for the unexpected, she notes. "Security really is a never-ending job, and every day brings a set of challenges, as well as opportunities to be trusted business partners. We have to strategize to think in a long-term perspective about how we want to shape the future to be able to respond to the next emergency. As security leaders, we cannot afford to wait for a five-year plan or a six-month plan. We have to drive that sense of urgency within the team and drive prioritization and response efforts. At the same time, we need to be an enabler of innovation and growth. Striking that balance and finding your voice can certainly feel like an art at times. What helps is continuous learning and diversity of thought leadership."
"Shaping the future will largely depend on how the security industry grooms the next generation of leaders, particularly women in the security space. Although more women are in leadership roles, not just middle management, there's still a long way to go. Women need more role models within their companies. We have to create opportunities for women to continue to learn from and thrive."
"Something I encourage my counselees to do is to be confident in their own abilities and expertise," Anand says. "Find mentors and build long-lasting relationships with them. Mentorship brings immeasurable value to one's own career and personal development."
Sheri Piper
Cyber Range Master
Although Sheri Piper's security career has been short, she has always had the right personality and attitude for cybersecurity, she says. She has gained a diverse working background of experience that includes emergency services, healthcare services, quality assurance, finance, hospitality and retail, as well as being a former entrepreneur.
Piper is a Cyber Range Master at Tech Data, where she oversees day-to-day operations to ensure operational continuity of the business, provide cybersecurity excellence and assist in providing opportunities for learning and training for the cyber range. Prior to Tech Data, Piper worked at ACTRA as Logistics Coordinator and member of the IT Security Team.
The security space has taught her the importance of working in teams, she says. "No one can be successful all by themselves. In the cybersecurity space, we must partner and fight to defend adversaries together. When we try to do it alone, it creates silos. We have a better success rate if we work together."
Throughout her career, Piper notes, mentors have played a key role. "Mentors are a necessity in the security industry. If we're not sharing and teaching others, we can't continue to learn. Most importantly, we can't succeed in defending against cyberattacks."
The security industry, she says, can benefit from more mentorship opportunities for women who are looking to obtain middle management and senior leadership roles. "Women can be strong assets to the industry and to the security space. We are great listeners, great problem solvers, and we often think outside of the box. It's important to find a mentor, a partner, or peers that are willing to help, teach you and support your passion for security."
The security industry needs passionate leaders to solve complex problems and come up with new trends that enable business, she says. "What's important is that we make ourselves available to learn new things, be flexible and adaptable to changing environments. It's critical that we are not afraid to ask for help and seek opportunities to learn."
Piper is an advocate and a volunteer for the National Cyber Warfare Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2012, which focuses on reducing the cybersecurity skills gap in America. "We're upskilling talent from young kids to college students to adults. They are never too young or too old to learn about what safety and security means in business."
Sandy Chandler,
CPP, LPC, CFI
Director, Loss Prevention
Ulta Beauty, Inc.
"I got started in security doing uniformed security overnight. Within a year, I was given the opportunity to apply for an undercover security role as a loss prevention detective for a major department store chain," says Sandy Chandler, CPP, LPC, CFI, Director of Loss Prevention at Ulta Beauty, Inc., an American chain of beauty stores, headquartered in Bolingbrook, Ill.
Thanks to her passion for loss prevention and asset protection, Chandler quickly progressed into leadership roles at various companies, such as Gap, Inc., Whitehall Jewelers, Inc., Follett Higher Education Group, Rite Aid and Bloomingdale's. She has developed a reputation for being the "go-to" person and an industry leader in asset protection, talent development, investigations, ORC, addressing disruptive behavior, and training staff on how to handle violent and active shooter situations, she says.
At Ulta, Chandler supervises a Regional Loss Prevention Manager and a Team of Area Loss Prevention Managers within California. "The primary part of our role is to make sure that stores are safe, secure and profitable, while ensuring the best possible guest experience. As we navigate COVID-19 and how to transition to a new normal, we have made the safety of our associates our top priority. We have conducted training of stores to give associates the support and resources they need to work safe and bring the best shopping experience to guests in our stores."
Chandler is passionate about the training and development of people. "I enjoy putting together pieces of a puzzle, investigations and the different challenges that present to us as we develop programs with our cross-functional partners and participate in projects to address those challenges."
"The challenges COVID-19 have presented to security are formidable. But change is constant, and businesses move at light speed and must constantly adapt. You must learn to quickly adapt with the ever-changing business. Be strategic, identify potential risks, execute your plans, measure your results and fully understand, embrace and align with your company's culture while speaking to your own core values," she says.
Her mentors have played a key role in her career development and professionalism. "I've been mentored by several great leaders in the industry, such as Frank Hopkins, Jesse Stanley, Ted Dulles, Chad McIntosh and Bob Oberosler. I've learned so much from them on how to be strategic, make a difference in other's lives, be innovative, be passionate about what you do and how to take calculated risks in order to drive results."
Through mentorship and industry networking, she claims, women can be inspired to join security roles. "We need a lot more diversity and female leadership. To be successful in this space, we have to support each other's advancement. My advice to women leaders is to not shy away from opportunities. You must get out of your comfort zone in order to grow. It's critical to never stop learning, to be open to feedback, as well as to volunteer for cross-functional projects to get more exposure within your company and others."
Chandler is also a board member of the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail.
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'John Wick: 4' Here's What Is Known About The Storyline
by Kane Dane July 25, 2020, 12:00 am 0 Votes
There was a time when romantic and comedy movies were used for most movies worldwide. But now action movies have taken responsibility for doing it. Today, action movies get many images and a much larger audience than all other entertainment categories.
There are many directors, films, and actors, who are known only for their voluntary action. Like these categories of actors and movies, some movies are based on operations, incredible thrillers, and dark scenes. A movie that fits like that is John Wick. John Wick is an American action movie with lots of action and high-core thrillers. It has just completed its three parts, or we can even say that so far it has completed its three successful parts. The producers of John Wick are now planning a new chapter for this franchise.
John Wick 4 release date
The first part of John Wick was released in October 2014 with a budget of between $ 20 million and $ 30 million. He managed to make a gross profit of approximately $ 81 million. Since the second part, the franchise has always managed to increase its income and, most importantly, the audience.
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Like all previous John Wick sequels, the fourth part will be called John Wick Chapter 4. Previous creators confirmed that the John Wick Chapter would be released on May 4, 2021. But now the release date has been changed by about a year. Which is May 27, 2022?
John wick chapter 4 cast
We will experience the same cast in Chapter 4 we saw in the previous season, with Keanu Reeves as John Wick, Ian Mac Shane as Winston, Halle Berry as Sophia, Mark Descasse as Zero, Bowie King Lawrence Fishburne as Lardy Reddyk as Lance Reddick. Charon as Earl and Tobia.
John Wick Chapter 4 Plotline:
While the official details on the John Wick 4 story are kept secret, for now, there was always a plan for more John Wick, given at the end of Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Continental kills John after an intense battle to protect manager Winston and win favor at the high table. John, however, is not dead and is brought to King Bowery who talks of revenge. When asked if the angry, mistreated, and trapped killer's heart rises, "Yes." This would clearly establish a John Wick 4 where John and Bowie King work together against High Table and Continental, delivering the all-out battle that sparked the Parabellum title.
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Discussion in 'iPhone' started by Rogifan, Oct 14, 2013.
I've been reading some early reviews/impressions of the HTC One Max, and the fingerprint scanner has not been a selling point. Device is too large, awkward position right below the camera and while it allows you to use it as an app launcher you can only use that feature on the lock screen. Two of the reviews I read turned off the functionality, with one comparing it to the Motorola Atrix.
This is where I think Apple was genius with Touch ID in placing it on the home button. Unlocking the phone is easy and natural. No swiping required, just rest your finger on the home button and boom, unlocked. Genius.
One story I read claimed that HTC had a version of the One Max without the fingerprint scanner ready to go. So it makes me wonder if they rushed the implementation after Apple announced the 5S. Which would be a shame because I think this is very cool technology but poor implementation could swear people off of it.
Every time you read about Apple coming out with a new feature are device, it is something they have been testing prototypes of for sometimes 2-3 years. They really do research about the best way to implement a feature. While it seems sometimes that other companies just hang a feature onto the product just to say it is there.
This is why I buy apple products...Apple is like a BMW or Mercedes.
Over-priced for what you get you mean?
As a Toyota owner I disagree. You can get the same thing like 4 seats and a steering wheel plus navigation etc. However the level of implantation and quality isn't there.
I'd compare it a lot to Apple. There is a premium price for less product (smaller screen, smaller battery, no NFC, etc) but it's a quality product. There really shouldn't be people out there that can justify an iPhone but be baffled by someone buying a Mercedes.
I will admit, you are lucky. Bimmers are legendary for being shoddily built with expensive damn parts.
Which would be a shame because I think this is very cool technology but poor implementation could swear people off of it.
Poor implementation just about sums up the entire Android / Windows 8 phone experience.... After using several of those devices I would never buy one for myself even though I am dying for a larger screen.
I think that it's a genuine issue that some companies will rush out a half-assed implementation in response to the iPhone 5s, and cause a widespread compromise of fingerprints for millions of users.
Apple doesn't usually rush hardware to market, so it is fluid when released.
Software is a different matter, but they know they can patch software over time. You can't do that with hardware.
And why put it on the bottom of the device? I have my iPhone lying on a table or on my desk most of the time. With touch id you don't have to pick up your device to unlock it. And since you can wake from sleep and unlock using the home button it really doesn't feel like an extra step. Plus having the fp scanner on the back of the device I'd be more worried about it getting damaged. Poor implementation makes me wonder if HTC wasn't sure whether they would use it or not and only decided to pull the trigger after the 5S came out.
Did you ever actually take it out of the garage?
Usually on this board, I see pro Apple threads derailed by Android lovers.
Yeah it's great! I hope the future iPads have a fingerprint scanner. Otherwise you will be so used to holding your thumb on the home button and it will not respond. Lol. I really enjoy the fingerprint scanner... Nice invention for the home button indeed.
Myself I would be not so quick to pronounce Apple genius, but am perplexed at HTC scanner on the rear, WHY?
But no one here, I hope, should be surprised the competitions throw out half-baked "features."
You might actually try driving something else. A Toyota is like an appliance.
You want to drive something FUN? Drive a Porsche, or even some VW's or Audi's.
A Toyota is NOT fun to drive. It's like a big mac: it'll sustain you, but it doesn't taste especially good.
And yes, the touch id IS genius: I absolutely love it.
So they just jam it in there anyold-how.
Apple have a great marketing department, and I'm sure they have some input, but their products aren't dictated by marketing requirements.
And how are monopolies lost? Think about it. Some very good product people invent some very good products, and the company achieves a monopoly. But after that, the product people aren't the ones that drive the company forward anymore. It's the marketing guys or the ones who expand the business into Latin America or whatever. Because what's the point of focusing on making the product even better when the only company you can take business from is yourself? So a different group of people start to move up.
And who usually ends up running the show? The sales guy. John Akers at IBM is the consummate example. Then one day, the monopoly expires for whatever reason. But by then the best product people have left, or they're no longer listened to. And so the company goes through this tumultuous time, and it either survives or it doesn't. Look at Microsoft, who's running Microsoft? (interviewer: Steve Ballmer.) Right, the sales guy. Case closed. And that's what happened at Apple, as well.
I have my own theory about why the decline happens at companies like IBM or Microsoft. The company does a great job, innovates and becomes a monopoly or close to it in some field, and then the quality of the product becomes less important. The product starts valuing the great salesmen, because they're the ones who can move the needle on revenues, not the product engineers and designers. So the salespeople end up running the company.
Some people don't buy a BMW for 4 seats and navigation. People buy it for quality, the experience, the thrill behind the wheel. All Toyotas besides the Supra won't have the driving experience of say... an M3. Tightness, interior quality, power, it doesn't even compare. If you're not a car nut that's tine, but don't say people who buy BMW's and Mercedes are idiots. For some people it's not just getting from A to B, it's the driving experience; the feel behind it.
I actually own several BMW's, my post was intended as sarcasm, hence the "/s" at the end of the sentence.
Wasn't even paying attention. My bad.


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Powerful stopper cylinder from Festo
Festo has launched the DFSP, a series of stopper cylinders which is claimed to be able to withstand up to 200 per cent more impact force than its predecessors. According to the company, this means engineers can now benefit from a more powerful stopper but at an affordable price.
"The DFSP is able to handle and stop heavy loads of up to 6280N and is suitable for separating, stopping and indexing functions," said Steve Sands, product manager at Festo. "These benefits make the series an ideal solution across many industries; including materials handling, machine tools, automotive and all sectors that utilise conveyor technologies."
Increased service life
The cylinder has an increased service life, enabling engineers to reduce costs associated with maintenance and downtime. The new DFSP is also available with an internal thread in the piston rod. This allows the possibility of mounting customer specific parts and tooling, for instance plates for braking systems. Other key features include reduced clearance between the piston rod and bearing, improving the accuracy of the cylinder, and protection against rotation, meaning the rod will always align the stopper blade precisely with approaching carriers.
Sands added that compared with Festo's previous stopper cylinders, the DFSP meets a wider range of application requirements.
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Ambient air - Standard method for the measurement of the concentration of sulphur dioxide by ultraviolet fluorescence
Current stage: 40.60 Effective date: Jan 5, 2023
This document specifies a continuous measurement method for the determination of the concentration of sulfur dioxide present in ambient air based on the ultraviolet fluorescence measuring principle. This document describes the performance characteristics and sets the relevant minimum criteria required to select an appropriate ultraviolet fluorescence analyser by means of type testing. It also includes the evaluation of the suitability of an analyser for use in a specific fixed site so as to meet the data quality requirements as specified in Annex I of Directive 2008/50/EC [1] and requirements during sampling, calibration and quality assurance for use.
The method is applicable to the determination of the mass concentration of sulphur dioxide present in ambient air up to 1000 µg/m3. This concentration range represents the certification range for sulfur dioxide for type testing.
NOTE 1 It is possible to use other ranges depending on the levels present in ambient air.
NOTE 2 When this document is used for purposes other than for measurements required by Directive 2008/50/EC, the ranges and uncertainty requirements possibly do not apply.
The method covers the determination of ambient air concentrations of sulfur dioxide in locations classified as rural areas, urban-background areas, and for sampling influenced by traffic or industrial sources.
The results are expressed in µg/m3 (at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa).
NOTE 3 1 000 µg/m3 of SO2 corresponds to 376 nmol/mol of SO2.
This document contains information for different groups of users.
Clause 5 to Clause 7 and Annex C and Annex D contain general information about the principles of sulfur dioxide measurement by ultraviolet fluorescence analyser and sampling equipment.
Clause 8 and Annex E are specifically directed towards test houses and laboratories that perform type testing of sulfur dioxide analysers. These sections contain information about:
— type testing conditions, test procedures and test requirements;
— analyser performance requirements;
— evaluation of the type testing results;
— evaluation of the uncertainty of the measurement results of the sulfur dioxide analyser based on the type testing results.
Clause 9 to Clause 11 and Annex F and Annex G are directed towards monitoring networks performing the practical measurements of sulfur dioxide in ambient air. These sections contain information about:
— initial installation of the analyser in the monitoring network and acceptance testing;
— ongoing quality assurance/quality control;
— calculation and reporting of measurement results;
— evaluation of the uncertainty of the measurement results under practical monitoring conditions.
This document represents an evolution of earlier editions (EN 14212:2005 and EN 14212:2012). It is advisable that when equipment is procured it complies fully with this document.
NOTE 4 Type testing performed prior to the publication of this document for the purpose of demonstrating equivalence are still valid.
NOTE 5 Analysers type tested prior to the publication of this document remain valid for use for regulated monitoring purposes.
Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe
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World War One resulted in the horrific slaughter of millions of workers who were initially encouraged and then conscripted into the bloody horrors of trench warfare. Women too were cajoled to do their bit for 'the war to end all wars' by replacing the men sent to the front in factories and workplaces across Britain.
But in this anniversary year there is likely to be scant attention given to the militant struggles of working class women during those four years of brutal conflict, where class divisions remained a feature of everyday life.
Historians often refer to how World War One transformed the lives of and attitudes towards women, and claim that women were rewarded for their wartime sacrifices with the extension of the right to vote at the end of hostilities.
The reality though was very different as working class women, abandoned by the national leaders of the tradeunions and suffrage movement, fought their own battles for equal pay and women's rights.
It is true that during the war hundreds of thousands of women found themselves engaged in jobs which had previously been the preserve of men. But while the old notions of male and female work were to an extent challenged, albeit temporarily, pay remained unequal.
The post-war extension of the franchise was also not applied equally. All men over the age of 21 were given the vote, while for women it was limited to those who were householders and over the age of 30, excluding many working class women.
Many portrayals of women during the war tend to focus on the volunteers of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), such as in the recent BBC1 drama series 'The Crimson Field', and the Women's Land Army (WLA), which by 1918 had 20,000 members.
But for the first time women also took up posts on the railways, buses and trams, and in the post office, banking, retail, and the civil service. Women became window cleaners, chimney sweeps, coal deliverers, street sweepers, electricians and firefighters.
The flood of women into the munitions factories also caught the imagination of commentators. Paintings depicting women factory workers by female artists such Anna Airy and Flora Lion attest to the profound cultural changes of the times.
The common impression that women were absent from the workplace prior to the war is mistaken: About four million women, a quarter of the female population, were employed outside the home.
The beginning of the war actually initially resulted in a dramatic decline in female employment, traditional industries employing women such as dressmaking virtually collapsed as richer women bought fewer luxury goods.
The cotton industry was also affected by the closure of the North Sea to shipping. By September 1914 nearly half of women were unemployed.
The war did eventually result in one and a half million women joining the workforce for the first time. This was facilitated by the provision of nurseries, a progressive measure which was reversed at the end of the war as the political establishment sought to drag women back into their traditional pre-war roles.
The incorporation of women into the workforce was not achieved without resentment and some resistance from many members of the craft unions, with most male professions remaining closed to women throughout the war.
But the divisions in society were not restricted to gender. The types of jobs women went into were greatly influenced by their social class.
The WLA consisted of mainly upper and middle class women. Working class women were deemed unsuitable on the grounds that they lacked the 'high moral fibre' necessary for farm life.
It was also upper and middle class women who enlisted with VAD. Many sacrificed their lives working as nurses on the front line, but a large number did morning stints at local hospitals while domestic servants cleaned their homes.
In contrast, working class women worked during the war out of necessity. However, for many, the war did change the nature of their work, giving them an opportunity to escape grossly exploitative jobs in domestic service and sweated labour.
An estimated 800,000 women eventually became employed in all aspects of the munitions industry. Three quarters of these worked under the direct aegis of the Ministry of Munitions, in effect state control and national planning of munitions manufacturers following the failures of private industry early in the war.
Working conditions in the munitions factories were harsh. Hours were long, and with the relaxation of health and safety regulations the conditions of work were dangerous. It had a disastrous impact on women's health.
Poisoning from the chemical TNT was common, resulting in the yellowing of the skin which earned women workers the nickname 'Canary Girls'.
Yet toxic jaundice was serious. Thousands of women, and men, inhaled and ingested dust. They suffered stomach pains, giddiness, drowsiness and swelling of hands and feet.
The first deaths of women workers from this insidious disease were reported in 1916, but little action was taken.
Accidents also occurred from the daily handling of explosive chemicals. Hundreds of workers lost their lives in explosions, and thousands of people were made homeless.
Any references to working class women in the anniversary programmes and articles this year are likely to ignore their connection to the trade union movement. The concentration of women workers in the munitions industry encouraged rapid growth in trade union membership.
Overall, female membership rose by 160% during the war, particularly in the National Federation of Women Workers, and the Workers Union. By 1918 the latter employed 20 full-time women officials and had a female membership of over 80,000, a quarter of the union's total membership.
Increasing numbers of women were joining trade unionsat a time when the official machinery of the unions had effectively become incorporated into the state.
The best militants, mainly socialists and Marxists, rejected the industrial truce declared by the union leaders and created new rank and file bargaining structures, which by 1917 were to result in the formation of the National Shop Stewards Movement.
This process began on Clydeside where a successful pay strike by engineers in February 1915 had been organised by the Clyde Labour Withholding Committee, the forerunner of the Clyde Workers' Committee (CWC).
Nine months later, threatened with the deduction of rent arrears from wages, a strike of 15,000 Clyde shipyard workers in support of rent strikes organised by women involved in a tenants' movement against rent increases gave further momentum to the CWC.
Teams of women mobilised against sheriff officers (bailiffs) to prevent attempts at eviction. This combined community and industrial action of working class women and men forced the government to immediately implement rent restrictions on private landlords.
The main issue facing the CWC was dilution, the replacement of skilled labour with unskilled labour, including women workers. During war conditions dilution was difficult to prevent.
The CWC agreed not to oppose dilution on the condition that all the industries and national resources were nationalised under workers' control, and that all workers, including women, be paid the standard rate for the job.
The shop stewards committees spread, particularly to Sheffield where it was broadened to include skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled male and female workers.
JT Murphy, one of the leaders of the Sheffield Workers Committee, explained how the use of women as cheap labour created antagonism between men and women.
Murphy and the Sheffield shop stewards committee sought to overcome this through giving active support to the fight of unskilled workers, men and women for higher wages and encouraging women into the trade union movement.
The male dominated workers' committee condemned sexism and sought closer cooperation with unions representing women workers, particularly the Workers' Union.
The class divisions among women during the war extended to the suffrage movement as the middle class leaders abandoned their votes for women campaigns.
Christabel Pankhurst fully supported the war and became involved in the 'patriotic' movement to pressurise men to enlist in the armed forces. Many off-duty, on-leave and even wounded servicemen became the targets of this movement, as did men found unfit for military service.
Many engineering workers who had trade exemption from military service took to wearing 'On War Service' badges to protect themselves from the white feather vigilantes.
Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst called for military conscription for men and industrial conscription for women. They placed the funds of their organisation at the disposal of the government. They organised government backed demonstrations to put pressure on women to take up jobs in the factories.
The reactionary nature of their patriotic politics became apparent in their support for the banning of trade unions.
Christabel demanded that unskilled and semi-skilled workers be taken on without any safeguards.
In opposition to her mother and sister, Sylvia Pankhurst championed the cause for equal pay for equal work and fought for better work conditions for women.
Sylvia's East London Federation of Suffragettes continued to agitate on votes for women during the war, while also campaigning for peace, civil liberties, and controls on rents and food prices against the blatant profiteering of the capitalists. They also demanded the nationalisation of food supply and the abolition of private profit.
At the end of the war various women's organisations demanded equal pay, regulation of pay in low paid trades, a 48-hour week, abolition of work fines, maternity provision, and the vote. There were also demands for all trade unions to be open to women workers, with provision for representation of women on union governing bodies.
The ruling class, though, just wanted a return to 'normal business'. But with mass industrial action surpassing pre-war heights and a near insurrectionary atmosphere, the government was compelled to introduce a raft of legislation on rent control, council housing, maternity rights and child welfare. In time, with the defeat of workers' struggles, these progressive measures would be rolled back.
The attitude of the trade unions on women's rights was not consistently progressive. In 1918 a trade union conference passed a motion calling on women to be banned from 'unsuitable' trades and the exclusion of married women from work.
Such views were encouraged by the political establishment which viewed women's position in industry as a wartime expedient.
The adoption of such motions by trade unions could be partly explained by the conditions of a post-war capitalism where millions of demobilised men discovered the harsh realities of the 'land fit for heroes', but it also reflected the limitations of the official leadership of the labour movement who lacked the will to confront capitalism.
It was left to women workers themselves to fight for better conditions and improved pay.
A successful equal pay strike in the same year, the first of its kind, in London and the southeast by women tram and tube workers compelled the government to establish a special inquiry into whether the principle of wage equality between men and women should be applied to all industries.
It concluded that the existing principles of wage determination should not be altered.
In the midst of the carnage of World War One radical and progressive ideas had emerged on women's rights, which reflected wartime experience including the drawing of women into the trade union movement, and the broader militancy of workers before and during the war.
The best working class militants, women and men, became the leaders of the mass industrial battles against post-war austerity and attacks on workers' conditions.
Inspired by the 1917 Russian Revolution, they established the Communist Party, which at that time potentially represented the best means to advance the rights of working class women.
One hundred years later we face the similar task of creating independent working class organisations to challenge the inequalities of capitalism.


What are Top 5 Isometric Games Ever Made?
To compensate this visual experience loss, many gamedev companies rely on an isometric view featuring 2D models with hand-crafted environments and beautifully sculpted scenery.
On the cusp of the 21st century, the game world market was swarmed with some of the most memorable RPGs and strategies. The immortal series of games, such as Baldur's Gate and Diablo were favoured by many players around the world, and easily found their rightful place on the highest shelves of the industry.
However, due to various technology limits, the majority of RPG and strategy games back then did not feature full 3D graphics. To compensate this visual experience loss, many gamedev companies rely on an isometric view featuring 2D models with hand-crafted environments and beautifully sculpted scenery.
The reason why the old RPGs and strategies relied so much on the isometric view was not only because of the technology limits, but also because a top-to-down perspective allows players to have a better outlook on the field and help them manage multiple characters or even entire armies.
Even though the times of 2D games seem to be passing away, many modern game developers, including Obsidian Entertainment and its gem Pillars of Eternity, decided to bring back the spirit of the "good oldies" and create games that use isometric view technology on daily basis. The fact that the said game was eagerly crowdfunded by millions of people proves that the idea of games basing on the isometric view is still doing well in the gamedev industry.
We want students in our game design course and our blog readers to better understand the success of the modern games. However, do this, we have to go back to the golden era of RPGs and strategy games during the first years of the 21st century. Here's a list of 5 best isometric games ever made.
Most of the cult-classic RPGs created during the first years of the 21st century feature neither beautiful graphics, nor good combat mechanics. They are all about the story and Planescape: Torment by Black Isle Studios is one of their top examples.
Released on December 1999, Torment provides the players with a highly mature and thoughtful storyline known only to the most remarkable TV series of the last two decades. The game asks you not "how strong is your character", or "how many enemies you can handle", but rather "to what extent a nature of a human being can be changed".
Though Planescape: Torment features rather clunky character animations and combat mechanics based on the classic D&D rules, the game makes up for it with a gripping storyline that redefines the nature of good and evil and asks you existential questions. Even brief interactions with throway characters may make you wonder whether the decision you just made was for good or for bad, and what impact will it have on your later story.
If you are a fan of the cult-classic isometric RPGs, and if you value a good narrative over outstanding graphics, it is likely that you will spend entire evenings on exploring every corner of this well-designed oldie.
A sequel of a successful cult-classic isometric RPG named Fallout, developed by Black Isle Studios, brings you once more into the ruthless, post-atomic American Wasteland, where only the strongest and the smartest can survive. Fallout 2, released on October 1998, not only managed to maintain a specific atmosphere and the scope of its predecessor, but also improved several aspects of Fallout 1, including skills that player can have, equipment, NPCs' AI and plenty of decisive, often highly moral choices.
Apart from its gripping plot, numerous dialogue lines and the freedom of doing whatever you like, the game is filled with humour that lightens the oppressive atmosphere being an inseparable aspect of the series. Multiple pop-culture references, known in the gaming community as "easter eggs", naturally blend into the game world and make its features and characters truly memorable.
Just like the majority of the old RPGs, Fallout 2 trusts the player that he or she in the end will know what to do. The game doesn't offer you a well-developed tutorial where you will learn all of its aspects. Instead, you are thrown in at the deep end of this wild world and with little knowledge of its merciless rules. All you have to do is to embrace its atmosphere and use all the possible means to your advantage.
Fallout 2, unlike other games of this period, provides you with a certain level of replayability. You can design your own character the way you like. It can be an unintelligent brute born and bred on the Wasteland that can barely pronounce words, or a skilled technician, capable of endearing NPCs through the advanced persuasion skills. The choice of weaving your own fate depends on you, whether you want to be a good or bad person, and Fallout 2 provides you with all the tools to write your own story.
Hack & Slash. If you had a chance to play RPGs during their golden era you know what kind of a gem we're talking about. As often as it is described, Diablo 2 (released on June 2000) by Blizzard, remains on top of the pantheon of Action Role-Playing Games (ARPGs) and is considered one of the best isometric games of all time in terms of scope, replayability, exploration and multiplayer gameplay.
In Diablo 2 you step into the shoes of a hero that you can fully customise and assign to one of the 5 base classes. With the ultimate goal of chasing a foul, titular demon Diablo, you have to cut your way through vast hordes of his minions, including monsters, demons and other creatures not from this world. To battle one of the Prime Evils, you must venture through a number of hideous locations, explore its bowels, gather experience needed to develop your skills and loot that will help you during your final encounter.
The mechanics in Diablo 2 as well as in other games of the series are pretty simple. You click your mouse button to move, attack, talk with NPCs, activate skills, use equipment and gather items on your path. And if there's way too much of clicking for your taste, you can help yourself to better manage your hero's skills and potions during the heat of battle by setting up a number of useful keyboard shortcuts.
Diablo 2 is an ARPG that you can play over and over again, on your own or with a couple of friends online. With a high replayability and customisation of your hero's skills, you can easily define your own playstyle. If you don't like getting through long and convoluted dialogue lines that feature in the majority of old and new RPGs, but instead you want a fast-paced game that will allow you jump straight into action, Diablo 2 should be your choice.
If you ever played pen & paper Role-Playing Games in real life and if you're a fan of immersive stories, then you must have heard of this gem before. Baldur's Gate series by BioWare is a cornerstone of the cult-classic CRPGs (Computer Role-Playing Games). In the game you step into the shoes of a protagonist leading a 6-member big group of characters that help you during your adventures through places, such as labyrinthine dungeons, dark forests and frozen wastes.
The game is massive in terms of scope of the world as well as a number and depth of quests. It features a lot of places to explore and from which you can learn about the lore of the game. The characters that can accompany your hero have a fully personalised voice acting, goals, strengths and weaknesses. What is more, the relations between you, your characters, as well as between characters themselves have a huge impact on the story.
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, released on September 2000, features a vast repeatability, mostly due to the fact that you can design your team in any way possible. Before starting your adventure, you have a chance to name your heroes, choose their specialisations, skills, physical appearance and voice acting. The fact that you have such a wide freedom of making your characters, allows you to choose your playstyle as you see fit.
Despite its cult-classic status, Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn is not a game for everyone. It's not a quick-paced action game with plenty of advanced mechanics and smooth animations, but the gameplay can be often clunky and very rudimentary. If you never had a chance to try your hands at playing one of the CRPGs before, you have to be ready for reading through tons of text, lore and learning of the core D&D rules. But if you're a through and through RPG veteran or you don't mind immersing yourself into a story-based game, this one is a must-play for you.
Age of Empires 1 (released on October 1997) by Microsoft is an isometric game which almost every player tried their hand at or at least heard of. It is a cult-classic real-time strategy game that focuses on gathering resources, building and developing your settlement and conquering your enemies. You become a leader of one of 12 available ancient civilisations you lead since the Stone Age until the Post Iron Age.
Regardless of the simplicity of its mechanics, AoE 1 is not only about hoarding the biggest amount of gold, building a vast empire or conquering your enemies. Sometimes in your scenarios, you will be given with nothing more than a handful of soldiers or a single priest with which you will have to defeat your enemies or convert their units to make a progress. Everyone who played this game knows that it's quite of a challenge to outsmart the AI (due to the immensely overpowered micromanagement skills it has), but the game teaches you one more thing: to play with wit and carefully manage your odds.
As for a game this old as Age of Empires is, there are plenty of issues, glitches and annoyances that may hinder your gameplay experience as a whole. Units' pathfinding is terrible and your soldiers tend to get lost on the way, what makes commanding entire armies that consist of dozens of troops quite difficult. What is more, you have to keep an eye on your villagers, since they often stop working once they run out of resources in their proximity.
Despite these flaws, Age of Empires 1 is a true gem amongst the other isometric real-time strategy games that managed to stand the test of time. With beautifully sculpted landscapes, aesthetic, pre-rendered 3D objects and captivating soundtrack both in MIDI and CD format, Age of Empires 1 is one of these games that make you come back and play it over and over again.


The summer, ABC Family is premiering the new original series The Nine Lives of Chloe King. The show stars Skylar Samuels as Chloe King, a girl who wakes up to find she has supernatural powers. (Which I often wish would happen to me.) Chloe is part of an ancient race called the Mai, and as if dealing with being a teenager wasn't enough, someone is trying to kill her. (Such a bummer when that happens!) Luckily, she's not going to just sit back and let it happen to her. She's going to fight back, and unite with some new friends.
To that end, I'm also on a journey to find someone called The Uniter. And you can help and play along.
On June 14th, 1995, a prophecy was discovered on a stone tablet in a remote cave near the Red Sea. Etched into this stone were Nine Paths — instructions that lead the way to an amazing someone, known to many as The Uniter. Written in our ancient tongue, this Nine Paths Prophecy clearly states that we, the Mai, must first contact a select group of Humans — the Circle of Strangers.
I'm one of the people who is helping to unlock the Nine Paths, and you can be too. VISIT THIS LINK TO START PLAYING.
Every few days clues will be posted that will keep you traveling down the Nine Paths — these paths will start at abcfamily.com but take you across the internet and give you exclusive videos, photos, and more.
The first person to correctly execute the Nine Paths will win the GRAND PRIZE (subject to verification): a set visit to The Nine Lives of Chloe King !
If you follow along with my journey (I'll discuss it on Small Screen Scoop, here, as well as on my Twitter feed @ThisJessicaRae – if you follow me and I'll always gladly follow you back) you'll get passwords from me to unlock free gifts from ABC Family!When you see me using the hash tag #NinePaths that's what to look for – as that's when I'm posting about the game!
The Box has strange etchings on it, nothing I can decipher. They look a bit like hieroglyphics.
There was an icon for a Mai Map, so I loaded that up. I was tasked to not just find Smila, Ukraine on the map but to discover the meaning of "Smila" – it means "brave girl" in Ukrainian, which is pretty cool.
Now that I've completed the first path I was given The United Scroll and the ability to pass on a password to my loyal readers – "CIRCLE." Get your very own circle charm (first come, first serve) at THIS LINK. There will be two more free gifts you can get, so make sure to follow me and get your passwords.
The scroll tells the story about The Uniter.


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ASUS launches ZenPad 3S 10, 9.7 inch tablet with 5900mAh battery
September 4, 2016 Christopher O. News, TopNews
ASUS went all the way out at the recently held IFA 2016 event in Berlin and they took the chance to unveil a lot of smartphones. While they did not disappoint when it comes to their collection of Windows smartphones, they also made sure that the Android lovers did not get left out of the whole package as they also got a release to call theirs, one of them being the ZenPad 3S 10.
This smartphone is a 9.7-inch tablet and it has a series of peculiarities about it that helps it to stand out from others in terms of competition.
For one, it uses a hexa-core processor supplied by MediaTek and uses 4GB of RAM under the hood, coupled with the 64GB of internal storage space which can also be expanded to as much as 128GB with the help of a micro SD card slot on board. For better security, biometrics was including and this one uses the fingerprint scanner technology with a 5900mAh battery which promises to charge very fast because of the presence of QUALCOMM's QuickCharge 3.0 technology.
Although a lot of us are not big fans of processors made by MediaTek and we would rather go for those from QUALCOMM instead but from the manufacturers, it has been claimed that you could reach a decent score of 50,000 with it on AnTuTu.
There is nothing about pricing and availability yet but soon, we are expecting to get this information. Occupy this space!
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Much and more has been written about traumatic incidents in our lives. From the a proximal car accident, to a war fought thousands of miles away, traumatic incidents play major roles in the lives of all but the most charmed. While many people are able to overcome these traumas, there are many, many others who find it much more difficult and will carry the effects of it for years – and perhaps for the rest of their lives.
This week on One Cell One Light Radio, Dr. Hildy welcomes Ben Colodzin, Ph.D., author of How To Survive Trauma, for a discussion about post-traumatic stress disorder, the common difficulties people face in living through overwhelming experiences, and the possibilities of the exploitation of these and other peoples through the forced implantation of technology that affects their physical, mental, and emotional functioning.


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When Disney started selling Chewbacca masks that talk when you move your jaw, they didn't sell massively well. People were buying them and enjoying them, but they weren't something you'd look at and go, "Oh yeah! Everyone online will be jealous of me." Candace Payne didn't care about that though and when she shared the video it was just to show her friends and family this new product that made her laugh, it went viral, and now everyone wants one.
If this is not an example of how powerful social media is, then I don't know what is. This video is even being talked about on traditional television because of how many people like it. Facebook Live still isn't that huge; this is only the second of their more popular videos and it goes to show that sometimes the inane videos do the best. The last popular video was Buzzfeed's watermelon smashing one. A video that was literally just about the destruction of fruit. This video was simply a woman buying a mask and enjoying it so much that she had to share it. You do have to wonder why this video has gotten so popular, but it's nice that something that isn't too serious or negative has gotten popular for once.
The biggest thing about this video becoming viral has nothing to do with the fact it's kind of positive, though. No, it's more the fact that those masks have now begun to sell out. Star Wars is popular in its own right and the toys will often sell well because of that. However, it's been a little while now since the last film was released and toys and products aren't going to be selling as well as they were. Now people have seen how fun the mask is, they're going out and buying them in droves. The masks suddenly selling well is great news for Disney and Hasbro. What's not such good news for consumers, however, is the fact some people are re-selling the masks on eBay for more than they're worth. Some people will be so desperate for them they'll pay the extra, but they shouldn't need to.
This actually says some amazing things about Facebook Live, though. Video might not still be a big there on there, but it's doing well enough to make some viral hits. At the moment, it feels like this is what video is going to continue to do on Facebook. It's not going to be a huge live video service to rival Periscope or YouTube, but they will every now and then host these hits that will get everyone talking and maybe they'll feature more product placement in the future.


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The graceful small tree in the corner of the Queen Mothers Memorial Garden attracting much attention is a native to New Zealand, Plagianthus regius. Appreciate it now as the gentle shape will change as age catches up with it and alters its form.
A mass of white flowers attracting myriad of pollinating insects it is humming with activity.
Looking closer the female flowers can be seen mixing and matching on the delicate branchwork with the large petals and showy stamens of the male flowers. Much less noticeable, these female have the appearance of eyes looking out. The stigmas are countersunk within the circle of creamy white recurved petals which develop a mauve tinge with age.