Speaker - Gyle dela Cruz

Gyle has been in tech-focused jobs for more than two decades. She pivoted to an IT career in the early 2000s and specialised in cyber security a decade later. She received her Graduate Certificate in Incident Response from the SANS Institute and her master’s in cyber security – Digital Forensics from UNSW Canberra. Her focus is on DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident Response) and threat response areas (blue team related work) but adopts an adversarial mindset (red team) to further understand the different types of threats and attacks. She was part of the first cohort of Project Friedman, which is an initiative by WomenSpeakCyber and AWSN to produce more conference-ready women speakers. She contributes to the infosec community by volunteering for different community-based organisations, mentoring others and advocating for diversity, inclusivity, and better mental health support for everyone in the community. At work, she currently leads a team of committed and diverse cyber defenders.