Bio

Bio: Emily Fox is a DevOps enthusiast, security unicorn, and advocate for Women in Technology. She promotes the cross-pollination of development and security practices. She has worked in security for over 13 years to drive a cultural change where security is unobstructive, natural, and accessible to everyone. Her technical interests include containerization, least privilege, automation, and promoting women in technology. She holds a BS in Information Systems and an MS in cybersecurity. Serving as chair on the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) and co-chair for KubeCon+CloudNativeCon China 2021, Europe 2022, North America 2022, Europe 2023, and CloudNativeSecurityCon 2023, she is involved in a variety of open source communities and activities. Guess what? Emily is NOT A DEVELOPER - She is a Security Engineer with lots of exposure to development and sustainment. Requests for Speaking: ***CLOSED for 2023*** I am grateful to organizers who ask me to speak at events or on podcast but am not able to participate for every request I receive. I generally do not provide personal stories, and I determine my interest in speaking at against the event/podcast's goals and objectives, its code of conduct, and its commitment to inclusion and diversity. Requests are all subject to my availability, the request itself, and previous commitments. I will not speak at events lacking a code of conduct. I understand that with few women in tech, and even fewer women in tech who enjoy public speaking, that some requests may be for a token woman. As much as no woman wants to be the perception of diversity at any event, I also understand that if no women are present, no others may see her to follow that path or create their own. Please consider when determining whether to make your request why you are contacting me, is it for my expertise, or because you simply need a woman to check a box. I will not speak at events outside my domain.