Tanya Janca

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Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn…

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    OWASP Ottawa Chapter Leader

    OWASP

    - 4 years 2 months

    Science and Technology

    I started as the chapter coordinator, forging a partnership with the Public Library, then I organized interactive evens such as our annual Capture the Flag (CTF), trivia night and debates, which lead to my launching the Mentoring Program (pairing junior and aspiring AppSec enthusiasts with senior and experienced professional career guides). I started doing serious diversity-oriented recruitment our chapter, and became the second leader of our chapter. I also assist in speaker and topic…

    I started as the chapter coordinator, forging a partnership with the Public Library, then I organized interactive evens such as our annual Capture the Flag (CTF), trivia night and debates, which lead to my launching the Mentoring Program (pairing junior and aspiring AppSec enthusiasts with senior and experienced professional career guides). I started doing serious diversity-oriented recruitment our chapter, and became the second leader of our chapter. I also assist in speaker and topic selection (malware, reverse engineering, social engineering, zero-day/vulnerability hunting, secure code review, PenTesting, hacking, etc), and sometimes I even am the speaker.

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    DevSlop Project Leader

    OWASP Foundation

    - 4 years 6 months

    Science and Technology

    Lead the "Patty the Pipeline" module, created a 9 product deep DevSecOps pipeline, created countless videos and hosted even more live streams of coding and bug fixing. Also, created the team website.

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    Co-Founder and Victoria Chapter Leader

    WoSEC

    - 2 years 2 months

    Science and Technology

    Along with Donna Hogan, Duhah, Judy Ngure and several other amazing women I founded WoSEC: Women of Security. I started the original chapter in Ottawa, Canada with Donna Hogan, and worked with many others to open chapters world-wide. Our goal is to create a community of women that helps each other success, flourish and have fun in our industry! I currently lead the Victoria, BC chapter with my co-leader Vane Makori.

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    Cyber Security Content Advisor

    ICTC-CTIC

    - Present 5 years 11 months

    Education

    I help add 'cyber' to high school curriculum in Canada.

Languages

  • French

    Professional working proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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  • Forte Group

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    Non-profit for women CEOs, CISOs and Startup Founders

  • OWASP

    Chapter Coordinator

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