Speaker

Mary Racter

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Information Security consultant. First-generation Taiwanese immigrant to South Africa. Abuse survivor. Cisgender woman.
I'm Good At My Dream Job, So Why Do I feel So Wrong For It?
Physical and emotional abuse, Racism, Alienation, Marginalisation, Misogyny, Sexual violence and r*pe culture, Class privilege, race privilege, heterosexual privilege, cisgender privilege, ableist privilege

Describes the experiences and challenges faced by the speaker as a [cis-gender] woman of colour in the South African information security industry. The session attempts to contextualise these experiences in the current cultural trends of the industry, and aims to provide actionable insights on re-imagining information security narratives and technical spaces.