Diana Waithanji
About
Diana is a software engineer and a cybersecurity engineer based in Kenya/Africa. She is the Founder of Wahandisi La Femme, a mentorship program for high school students into engineering and technology (including cybersecurity). This year she has received recognitions in the Top 50 Women in CyberSecurity Africa 2020, Opportunity Desk Impact Top 30 under 30 in Africa, CyberSecurity Woman Barrier-Breaker of the Year finalist 2020, and Zuri Awards- STEM Category Nominee 2020. Diana is passionate about cybersecurity and creating user awareness in Africa. She is a Technical Committee Member of both the Software and Systems Engineering Committee and the IT Security Committee at the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS). Diana is also a cybersecurity researcher who has presented her work in international research conferences in Tanzania, Kenya, and Germany. Also created awareness on CyberSecurity on media such as BBC, Citizen TV Kenya, KUTV, Y254 TV amongst others. Diana also works under the Washa Program at Akili Dada.
I believe mentorship is a journey between the mentor and the mentee, and I am always open to learning from my mentee as well.
What mentoring means to me
- To pass on knowledge on how to start a cybersecurity journey including giving my story on how I started my career
- To pass on knowledge on how to impact the cybersecurity community while still practicing your career – this could be through research and trainings
- To pass on knowledge on taking up leadership positions
Areas of Expertise
Country / Time Zone
Germany, Central European Time