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We’ll be celebrating our 10th Year in business, Young Women in Cybersecurity and our Top InfoSec Innovators,
Black Unicorns and Top Global CISO Awards this October at CyberDefenseCon 2022

Dear Friends,
Reflecting on 10 years of cybersecurity knowledge and innovations we love to share with our loyal readers, it seems,
when it comes to cybercrime and nation state ‘soft and quiet’ cyberwarfare, we, the citizens of the world end up
dealing with more privacy and identity risks now, more than ever. Breaches and data theft have become daily news.
Therefore, our mission of sharing innovation and infosec knowledge remains more important every day. We at
CDMG choose to focus on innovative people, processes, products, and solutions in cyber defense that help protect
our way of life, our data and our privacy. Our Top InfoSec Innovators in the World competition as part of our annual
Black Unicorn awards remains open for entries. All innovative information security companies of any size may
apply for this prestigious award. Cybersecurity companies that wish to apply may visit
https://www.cyberdefenseawards.com/

In the cybersecurity industry, I coined the term black unicorn as a cybersecurity company that has the potential to
reach a $1 billion dollar market value as determined by private or public investment. The Black Unicorn Awards are
designed to help showcase companies with this kind of potential. Ultimately, the judging in our awards is tough and
it’s still up to the finalists and the winners to execute a flawless business model to reach this potential. It takes
innovation, dedication, passion – the right team and the right cyber security solution, harmoniously executed to
become a unicorn. We continue to seek nominees for our annual young Women in Cybersecurity scholarship
program for entries. We have one scholarship open and remaining for the year. Any young woman in high school
who will be entering college in 2022/2023 can apply now:
https://cyberdefenseawards.com/women-in-cybersecurity-scholarship-fund-for-2022/
Readers can learn about the prior winners, in 2020, Annabelle Klosterman, here:
https://cyberdefenseawards.com/women-in-cybersecurity-scholarship-winner-for-2020/ in 2021, Olivia Gallucci,
here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/women-in-cybersecurity-2021-scholarship-winner/ and in 2022, Veronika
(Nikki) Jack, here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/women-in-cybersecurity-2022-scholarship-winner-1st-of-2/
who each remain an inspiration for other young women to enter the field of cybersecurity.

As in past years, a panel of judges will review each entry and choose one scholarship winner and a backup winner
in case there are issues on the winner’s college entry in 2022/2023. Now is an excellent time for young women to
plan their future careers in cybersecurity. It’s a hot field with hundreds of thousands of career openings and unlimited
opportunities for those who wish to make a positive impact on today's digital world – with our free
https://www.cyberdefenseprofessionals.com/ job site awaiting your visit, today.

Warmest regards,
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