{"id":7236,"date":"2026-06-19T18:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/?p=7236"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:17:19","slug":"speaker-meeting-8th-june-2026-charlotte-smith-defeating-cybercrime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/2026\/06\/19\/speaker-meeting-8th-june-2026-charlotte-smith-defeating-cybercrime\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Meeting 8th June 2026: Charlotte Smith &#8211; Defeating Cybercrime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2026\/06\/Speaker-Meeting-June-2026-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7239\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2026\/06\/Speaker-Meeting-June-2026-2-300x215.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2026\/06\/Speaker-Meeting-June-2026-2-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2026\/06\/Speaker-Meeting-June-2026-2.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><strong>At our supper meeting we were treated to a very stimulating talk given by Charlotte Smith from Cynam.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">What or who is Cynam? \u00a0It is a cyber security and technology company based in Cheltenham. \u00a0Its customers consist of businesses, government bodies and investors.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">Charlotte has a passion to promote and educate women to follow a career in cyber security of which, currently, only 17% women participate. \u00a0She is determined to transform the course of action of women\u2019s attitudes by increasing and improving the number of women in the industry.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">One of her ways to achieve this goal is to establish partnerships with industry by making them and girls\/women participate in activities and events whilst building the girls\u2019 confidence and making them all aware of the opportunities in cyber security.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">Cynam\u2019s strategy is to attract and retain women in cybertech through mentoring and building up trust and support from industry.\u00a0 It is hoped this strategy will achieve long term success for tomorrow\u2019s female cyber tech workforce.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">#Cynam @SIGBI @soroptimistgbi #SoroptimistBristol #WomenInTech #CyberSecurity \u201c<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At our supper meeting we were treated to a very stimulating talk given by Charlotte&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":7238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supper-meetings-read-what-our-speakers-have-to-say"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Speaker Meeting 8th June 2026: Charlotte Smith - Defeating Cybercrime | News | Blog | Events | SI Bristol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bristol : Blog &amp; News : Speaker Meeting 8th June 2026: Charlotte Smith - Defeating Cybercrime : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bristol . 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