Anne's technical background is within the field of physical security, where she supports a small team on the west coast performing bug sweeps (TSCM) to private clientele. She found Hacker Women through a local to Alexandria, VA TSCM conference (erii.org), where Hacker Women hosted an Agent Carter themed "lockpicking speakeasy" mixer. Anne demonstrated passion, leadership, and dedication to her curiosity for cybersecurity and hacker tradecraft, and quickly became a key contributor in her role as a mentee in the ISS Hacker Women team. At DEFCON 24, her habitual punctuality, willingness to engage long hours, and her tactical knowledge of TSCM supported Hacker Women to win 3rd place in the highly esteemed DEFCON contest "WiFi Sheep Hunt" hosted by Packet Hacking Village and Aries Security.

Anne will bring to the panel insights from her enduring quest for self-taught technical knowledge, and an important message to women of all walks on the power of teaming together to learn and teach, to make noise, and to win recognition in global, community-driven cyberdefense competitive circuits!

Founded in 2013, Information Security Society developed and hosted the Capitol Hill Capture the Flag (CTF) Tournament in an effort to provide a provocative "jeopardy-style" current events-themed virtual interactive arena, and to drive trust and federal government recruitment in collaboration with hackerspaces and colleges all over the US. The Hacker Women Division was founded in 2014 to expand the ISS mission to impact and benefit women's contributing power in cyberdefense competitive circuits. To learn more about joining our team, or how to build your own, look for us at the BSides NoVA CTF and DEFCON 25!