Boardroom diversity proves mission critical in data security, AI and beyond - SiliconANGLE

The past two years have seen a record number of women elected to board positions. According to a report on U.S. Board Diversity Trends posted by Harvard Law School, 46% of newly elected directors in 2019 were female and women now hold 27% of directorships across the S&P 500 companies. One of those newly elected members is Wendy Pfeiffer (pictured), chief information officer of Nutanix Inc. and board director with Qualys Inc. and Girls in Tech Inc. "When I was recruited for the board [of Qualys] … we didn't talk about the fact that I am female at all. We talked about the fact that I'm an operator, that I'm a technologist," Pfeiffer told Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media's mobile livestreaming studio during the Qualys Security Conference in Las Vegas. During the interview, Pfeiffer and Frick discussed how the growth of artificial intelligence is helping data security, making having a diverse workforce more critical than ever.