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From a Refugee to Microsoft: Impact of Active Allyship - Mekonnen Kassa - Diversity in Cybersecurity

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Oct 4, 2021, 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT (webinar recording date) Mekonnen Kassa escaped from a brutal military government at a very young age and spent four years at a refugee camp working as a housemaid, among others, in the Sudan. He is now a Principal Group PM in Cloud Security Engineering at Microsoft. In this webinar, Mekonnen will share how allies helped him find his path in the technology industry and in engineering and the importance of being an ally to Black team members in technology in general and cybersecurity in particular. To ensure you hear about future Diversity in Cybersecurity webinars and other developments, make sure you join our community by going to https://aka.ms/SecurityCommunity Deck shared during the webinar can be accessed on https://aka.ms/SecurityWebinars below the recordings section. ...more
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From a Refugee to Microsoft: Impact of Active Allyship - Mekonnen Kassa - Diversity in Cybersecurity
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Oct 4, 2021, 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT (webinar recording date) Mekonnen Kassa escaped from a brutal military government at a very young age and spent four years at a refugee camp working as a housemaid, among others, in the Sudan. He is now a Principal Group PM in Cloud Security Engineering at Microsoft. In this webinar, Mekonnen will share how allies helped him find his path in the technology industry and in engineering and the importance of being an ally to Black team members in technology in general and cybersecurity in particular. To ensure you hear about future Diversity in Cybersecurity webinars and other developments, make sure you join our community by going to https://aka.ms/SecurityCommunity Deck shared during the webinar can be accessed on https://aka.ms/SecurityWebinars below the recordings section.

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