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Kick off the new year with Proofpoint Women Who Cyber—coming to a screen near you! Together, we’ll explore 2025 Cybersecurity Threat Predictions and unleash our creativity in a hands-on vision board workshop. From planning to creation, we’ll guide you through every step of the process, ensuring you leave with a stunning and empowering vision board to inspire your year ahead. Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and create!

At this workshop facilitated by Nicole Bensen, a Happiness and Mental Wellbeing Speaker & Workshop Facilitator, you’ll take away:

  • A beautiful, personalized vision board, reflecting your dreams and goals
  • A step-by-step manifesting method rooted in psychology, empowering you to create the life you deserve
  • Practical techniques you can revisit and refine as you evolve on your journey of designing your extraordinary life


Agenda

  • 3:00PM-3:05PM
    Welcome and Introductions
  • 3:05PM-3:25PM
    2025 Cybersecurity Threat Predictions
  • 3:25PM-4:30PM
    Vision Board Workshop
  • 4:30PM
    Event Concludes

Host

Michelle Owczarzak
Michelle Owczarzak | AVP Sales, Proofpoint, Inc.

As a transformation and growth executive in the technology industry, Michelle Owczarzak demonstrates an aptitude for building successful sales teams and developing strategies that drive business growth. The teams she leads have been highly engaged and consistently exceeded aggressive sales targets.

As a senior executive, she develops strong business acumen through intentional involvement with all facets of business operations. With this perspective, she innovatively transforms organizations, optimizes processes, and collaboratively achieves exceptional results.

Featured Speakers

Sarah Sabotka
Sarah Sabotka | Sr. Threat Researcher, Proofpoint, Inc.

Sarah Sabotka is a Senior Threat Researcher on the Threat Research Team at Proofpoint where she focuses on commodity crimeware campaigns and communicating the threat landscape to customers and the public. Sarah had her start by doing OSINT collection, case development, and law enforcement collaboration to support animal cruelty investigations for an international animal welfare organization. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Sarah spent over four years developing and leading the Global Cyber Threat Intelligence team at Experian, where she was also responsible for leading brand monitoring, threat hunting, vulnerability intelligence, and ad-hoc incident response activities; before that she was a Senior Threat Analyst at Goldman Sachs. Sarah earned her B.A. in English from the University of Connecticut (Storrs), and her M.S. in Cybersecurity from Utica College. She resides in southern New Hampshire where she runs a 501(c)3 animal rescue and sanctuary with her husband, home to 14 rescue dogs and four rescue fish.

Nicole Bensen
Nicole Bensen | Happiness and Mental Wellbeing Speaker & Workshop Facilitator, Tentacles and Tea

Nicole Bensen is an international speaker and workshop facilitator trusted by leaders at Fortune 500 companies, including Google, YouTube, Netflix, and eBay. Her engaging team building conversations boost morale, reduce burnout, and increase retention, helping companies create a culture where people feel seen, supported, and inspired.

Recognized as a “Woman of Influence” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Nicole's innovative style transforms dry research into vibrant, interactive experiences designed for wellbeing and connection—aka, science-backed ways to be happier. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur focused on thriving and joy, she managed executive learning programs at Google. Learn more: nicolebensen.com.

Who Should Attend

This event is suitable for information security decision makers, including: CXO, VP of IT, Director of IT; mid-level information security management (Senior Security Manager, IT Security Manager, IT Manager) and technical information security practitioners (Security Engineer, Messaging Architect, IT Analyst). This event is not open to channel or technology partners.

NOTE: Registration requires a valid email address from your organization’s domain, so Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo or any other ISP are not accepted.