IntoSecurity Podcast - Episode 25, Brought to you by .inc domains
In the wake of the EC-Council gender survey scandal that shocked the entire information security industry, Eleanor Dallaway and James Coker present this very special episode of IntoSecurity, taking a deep dive into the potentially catastrophic sexist blunder.
Eleanor talks to hacker Alyssa Miller, one of the women responsible for getting this issue the attention it deserved, and exclusively interviews EC-Council CEO, Jay Bavisi, to invite his perspective, challenge the Council s history of cultural issues and learn of EC s commitment to driving change.
James also presents the latest news highlights.
On Friday 09 April, EC-Council pushed out a ‘women in security’ survey poll on LinkedIn with three abhorrently sexist answer options. As the information security industry rallied to criticize this action, EC-Council blocked those daring to challenge and the subsequent outcry has dominated industry Twitter feeds. Eleanor Dallaway investigates…
It takes a lot to get me working on the weekend (I’ve got young children demanding my attention almost every waking moment of the day), so kudos to EC-Council for doing just that. That will be the last kudos I afford them, however.
If you’re a part of the information security community, unless you’ve been hiding beneath a rock or have lost all internet connection for the past 48 hours, you’ll have read about what can only be described as a catastrophic PR fail and abhorrent lack of judgement from cybersecurity technical certification body, EC-Council.