Alta Associates Executive Women’s Forum

The Executive Women’s Forum is the biggest member organization in the information security, risk management, and privacy industries, supporting rising leaders as well as the most recognized and important female executives. Executive Women’s Forum’s fundamental objective is to engage, develop, and promote women leaders in the fields of information security, information risk management, and data protection and privacy. The Executive Women’s Forum (EWF), founded in 2002, is the first and biggest membership group for women in information security, risk management, and privacy. The EWF is a strong community and loving sisterhood that engages, develops, and advances women leaders at all stages of their careers. A common complaint is a dearth of female role models and encouragement to pursue jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Many women just haven’t met anyone who works in cybersecurity. As a result, it is a grey area for them.