Tribe of Hackers

44Christina Morillo

“The biggest myth is that everyone—from companies to every hacker on the planet—has it all figured out.”

Twitter: @divinetechygirl • Websites: www.christinamorillo.com and www.linkedin.com/in/christinamorillo

Christina is a New York City–based information security and technology professional with a background in enterprise-level security and identity. By day, she works as a senior program manager at Microsoft, helping organizations “do more” securely.

In addition to her professional work, Christina also cofounded a virtual community that is best known for boosting visual representation in the tech industry by way of an open source collection of stock photos. Christina advocates and is passionate about visual representation, connecting and creating opportunities for others, and empowering women and underrepresented folks to follow careers in security and technology. When she is not at work/traveling for work or spending time with her family, she is co-leading Women in Security and Privacy’s NYC chapter, attending InfoSec meetups, or watching Black Mirror episodes.

If there is one myth that you could debunk in cybersecurity, what would it be?

The biggest myth is that everyone—from companies to every hacker on the planet—has it all figured out. In a field that has both breadth and lots of depth, trust me when I say this isn’t the case. The one thing both ...