Jane Frankland
| Born | April 1968[3] |
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| Occupations | Author, cybersecurity expert |
Jane Frankland MBE (born April 1968[3]) is an English cybersecurity expert, entrepreneur, and author.[4] She is the founder of "IN security Movement" and author of a book, In Security-Why a failure to attract and retain women in cybersecurity is making us all less safe.[5][6]
Frankland has a degree in art and design.[7] Before entering cybersecurity, she worked as a freelance textile designer.[7][8] When she became pregnant with her first child, she moved to a career in sales to increase her income to support herself as a single mother.[7] In 1997 a boyfriend who worked in technology suggested they start a cyber security consultancy business together.[7][8] She later sold the business to her partner.[7] In 2015, she read a study that reported the representation of women in the industry had been declining and started writing about women in the industry, which turned into a book deal.[7][9] She worked with TechTalent Academy, a Birmingham organization that provides technological training to women and minorities.[7] She started another company, KnewStart, to provide consultancy to successful startups looking to increase their scale.[7]
In June 2018, after she made comments criticizing the use of "booth babes" at industry events, she was the subject of backlash on social media.[4] When she wrote about the experience, she was contacted by women who had experienced sexual harassment or assault at such events and whose complaints to event organizers had been dismissed.[4] Frankland developed a set of recommended policies around sexual harassment for industry events.[4]
Honours
[edit]Frankland was awarded an MBE in the King's New Years Honours list published on December 31, 2024, for services to Women in Cyber Security as the director of Knewstart.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 ""Jane FRANKLAND"". The Gazette - Official Public Record. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ↑ ""New Year Honours list 2025 in full from MBE, OBE, CBE to knighthoods and damehoods"". The Gazette - Official Public Record. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 "ISNI 000000049934470X Frankland, Jane ( 1968– )". ISNI OCLC. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 O'Flaherty, Kate. "Sexual Harassment In The Cybersecurity Industry – How One Woman Is Fighting Back". Forbes.
- ↑ "'We need people who see things differently': tackling cybersecurity's gender problem". the Guardian. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ↑ Frankland, Jane (2017). Insecurity : why a failure to attract and retain women in cybersecurity is making us all less safe. Great Britain. ISBN 9781781332696.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Jane Frankland". Cybercrime Magazine. December 2020.
- 1 2 Sherman, Justin (26 June 2018). "A Human to Know: Jane Frankland". New America. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "Jane Frankland". Australian Cyber Security Magazine. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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