Event

InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 13th December, 2025

InfosecGirls Session - 13th December, 2025

Year-end celebration: gratitude circle for volunteers, photo and memory share from hybrid events, and a relaxed social block for the community.

Summary

• Thanked volunteers, speakers, and chapter leads for the year’s programming.
• Shared highlights from virtual and in-person meets across regions.
• Social block: breakout rooms by interest and a no-agenda hangout option.
• Sneak peek at 2026 themes based on member poll results.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 22nd November, 2025

InfosecGirls Session - 22nd November, 2025

Career panel: hiring managers and practitioners on what changed in 2025 job markets, portfolio reviews, and negotiation basics.

Summary

• Panel on hiring trends: remote vs hybrid, skill signals, and role titles that map to real work.
• Portfolio and GitHub hygiene: what reviewers skim first and common red flags.
• Negotiation and benefits: total compensation, learning budget, and role scope clarity.
• Audience Q&A with anonymised résumé feedback offered in follow-up office hours.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 18th October, 2025

InfosecGirls Session - 18th October, 2025

Topic: Cyber resilience and backups — immutable copies, restore drills, and ransomware readiness for teams without a large SOC.

Summary

• Backup strategy: 3-2-1 basics, immutability, and offline or air-gapped copies where feasible.
• Restore drills: tabletop plus timed partial restores to find gaps early.
• Ransomware prep: identity blast radius, admin tiering, and critical asset inventory.
• Comms under stress: who declares an incident and how staff get trustworthy updates.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 30th August, 2025

InfosecGirls Session - 30th August, 2025

Topic: Secure defaults in platform engineering — golden paths, paved roads, and how security teams partner with internal developer platforms.

Summary

• Golden paths: opinionated templates with security baked in from day one.
• Paved roads vs guardrails: when to mandate controls vs guide adoption.
• Metrics platform teams care about: time-to-deploy, rollback safety, and drift detection.
• Collaboration model: security as platform customers and co-designers, not gate-only.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 12th July, 2025

InfosecGirls Session - 12th July, 2025

Open community meet: mid-year check-in on learning goals, conference season debriefs, and lightning talks from members.

Summary

• Lightning rounds (five minutes each) on tools and lessons learned this year.
• Conference and CTF season tips: budgeting travel, volunteering, and note-taking.
• Mid-year goal reset: what to drop, what to double down on, and rest as a priority.
• Sign-up sheet for autumn session hosts and first-time speakers.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 17th May, 2025

InfosecGirls Session - 17th May, 2025

Topic: LLM security for builders — prompt injection basics, data leakage risks, and guardrails when shipping AI-assisted features.

Summary

• Threat overview for apps that call external or hosted language models.
• Prompt injection and indirect injection in RAG and tool-calling flows.
• Data handling: minimising sensitive context in prompts and logging redaction.
• Practical guardrails: output policies, human review hooks, and abuse monitoring.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 29th March, 2025

InfosecGirls Session - 29th March, 2025

Presenter:

Speaker: Lekshmi Nair and Lopa Mudra Basu

Venue: Cyware Labs India Pvt. Limited UrbanVault, 762, 19th Main Rd, Parangi Palaya, Sector 3, HSR Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102

Summary

• In-person session hosted at Cyware Labs in HSR Layout, Bengaluru.
• Joint session with speakers Lekshmi Nair and Lopa Mudra Basu.
• Community connect in a vendor-neutral learning space.
• Opportunity for local members to meet peers face-to-face after the virtual-heavy years.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 25th January, 2025

InfosecGirls Session - 25th January, 2025

Topic: Security resolutions that stick — realistic learning plans, accountability buddies, and picking one depth area for the first quarter.

Summary

• Framed goals as small weekly habits instead of vague yearly resolutions.
• Suggested pairing with a peer for check-ins and shared lab time.
• Depth tracks called out: appsec, cloud, GRC, and detection as examples.
• Collected topic votes for upcoming community-led sessions.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 16th December, 2023

InfosecGirls Session - 16th December, 2023

Year-end wrap-up: community wins, plans for 2024 meetups, and an open floor for appreciation and feedback on virtual programming.

Summary

• Recapped community wins: attendance trends, new chapters, and standout sessions.
• Draft 2024 themes: deeper technical series, career panels, and regional hybrid events.
• Open appreciation for hosts, speakers, and members who welcomed newcomers.
• Feedback on virtual format: timing, accessibility, and desired languages/captions.

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InfosecGirls Virtual Meet - 18th November, 2023

InfosecGirls Session - 18th November, 2023

Community session on burnout prevention, sustainable volunteering, and setting boundaries when security work never feels “done.”

Summary

• Named common burnout signals in security and volunteer-led communities.
• Sustainable volunteering: rotate roles, document handoffs, and cap weekly hours.
• Boundaries: async expectations, saying no to scope creep, and manager/lead advocacy.
• Peer resources: employee assistance, therapy access, and peer support channels where available.

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