Women’s History Month 2024: Enabling Women in Identity to Focus on Their Mission
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March 22, 2024
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Avery Schoenhals
This Women’s History Month, Keeper Security is highlighting the work of Women in Identity, an organization dedicated to promoting diversity and ID inclusion globally.
What is Women’s History Month?
During March, the world comes together to recognize Women’s History Month. Women’s History Month is a time to acknowledge and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women to our society throughout history. At Keeper, we recognize Women’s History Month as a call to action for accelerating women’s equality, as we believe the strength of our culture is based largely on our diversity.
We are thrilled to celebrate not only the invaluable contributions of women to our society, but also to our organization and the cybersecurity industry as a whole. This Women’s History Month, we’re proud to highlight how Keeper helps Women in Identity (WiD) secure their organization, allowing their volunteers to remain focused on their mission of driving the digital identity industry to promote universal access– enabling civic, social and economic empowerment around the world.
Women in Identity
WiD is an international non-profit charity, run by volunteers dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion across the identity industry. WID believes “teams should be as diverse as the problems they are trying to solve.” With over 3,000 members spanning 32 countries, WID continues to make positive strides in their mission to promote universal access and deliver on their vision: “ID Systems intended for everyone, built by everyone.”
When WiD needed a password and privileged access management solution, they chose Keeper Security to protect their organization. “Keeper has become integral to our access management procedures,” said Dr. Sarah Walton, Executive Lead of WiD. ”It’s a weight off of our shoulders knowing that we have a heightened level of security.”
With a volunteer base that spans the globe, it’s crucial for the Women in Identity team to easily and securely share credentials for key applications that keep their organization running. Highlighting Keeper’s ease of use and implementation, Dr. Walton shared why Keeper was the right fit for their non-profit, explaining that “Keeper is so intuitive to use, it’s ideal for a voluntary organization. Anyone can use it with very little training.”
Having experienced frequent password resets and lost credentials in the past, WiD experienced first-hand how much it slowed down productivity. “We use the vault to store passwords for key software. Keeper speeds up access to that software in a seamless way,” Dr. Walton explains.
Keeper has helped eliminate that problem for WiD by ensuring credentials are securely saved and easily shareable, streamlining access to the applications that WiD uses globally, on a daily basis.
Recognizing women’s accomplishments
Part of Women in Identity’s mission is to elevate the accomplishments of women in the identity industry, including identity and access management. Recently, WiD sat down with Keeper’s own Vice President for Global MSP and Channel Sales, Marcia Dempster, to discuss her career path and what her journey as a woman in the field of identity and access management has looked like.
Focused on the mission
Women in Identity can operate more efficiently and securely with Keeper, knowing their sensitive data is protected and their work can continue uninterrupted. We’re very proud to help WiD remain focused on their mission.
Women’s History Month serves as a powerful reminder of the ongoing journey towards gender equality and the celebration of women’s achievements worldwide. At Keeper, we embrace this spirit by recognizing the invaluable contributions of women not only to our company but also to the cybersecurity industry at large. We thank the women employees across our organization, from our engineering team to legal, sales and marketing.
Avery Schoenhals
Avery Schoenhals is a Communications Intern at Keeper Security. Pursuing a B.A. in Public Relations and Advertising from DePaul University, Avery specializes in strategic communications and social media content creation. Previously working within industries such as hospitality and higher education, Avery leverages the knowledge and experience he’s gained to spread the message of cybersecurity awareness, and ensure businesses and consumers are informed about why and how they should safeguard their data.
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