ABOUT THE EVENT
Please join the National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF) and the Intelligence and National Security Foundation (INSF) for Cocktails and Codebreakers, a celebration of women in codebreaking. Help us pay tribute to the rich history of trailblazing women in cryptology, to include recognizing the United States Postal Service's launch of a Women Cryptologists of WWII forever stamp.
This special event will be Sponsored by HUMAN Security, the National Cryptologic Foundation, and the Intelligence and National Security Foundation. *** Learn more about the USPS Women Cryptologists forever stamp - release date 18 October 2022 (at the National Cryptologic Museum).
When: October 27, 2022, 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Where: The Hotel at Arundel Preserve: 7795 Arundel Mills Blvd, Hanover, MD 21076
Registration: Closed.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Fireside Chat Guest Speaker: Kemba Walden, the first Principal Deputy National Cyber Director, Office of the National Cyber Director.
Special Guest Speaker: Mr. Bill Nye, American science educator and author, will speak about his mother who served as a WWII cryptologist with the WAVES.
Fireside Chat Moderator: Mr. Greg Myre, NPR National Security Correspondent
*** Speaker Change *** Jen Easterly (Director, CISA) had an unavoidable conflict and is not able to join us on October 27th as previously planned.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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HUMAN Security - Event Title Sponsor -
FEDDATA & Dell Technologies - Bar Sponsor -
Black Cape, Inc. - Enigma Sponsor -
Cushman & Wakefield - Registration Sponsor -
Dragos - Swag Bag Sponsor -
Intelligenesis - Swag Bag Sponsor -
Guidehouse - Crypto Sponsor -
Capitol Technology University - Cyber Sponsor -
GEBA - Government Employees' Benefit Association - Cyber Sponsor
Women in Cryptology - Books & Resources to Explore
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In this picture book biography, young readers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892–1980).
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This article by Dena Lombardo for the National Archives News (published March 2020) reviews an event hosted as part of the Know Your Records Program during which archives specialist Cara Moore Lebonick took the audience through the process of tracking down “Code Girl” personnel records at the National Archives at St. Louis. If you happen to be searching for records related to a "Code Girl" - Lebonick said having the name, maiden name, date of birth, employing agency, and location of employment can facilitate the search for Code Girl archives. Requests can be emailed to STL.archives@nara.gov. Click the article title to view the article online.
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Oct 2017 Smithsonian Magazine article primarily featuring how Liza Mundy's book documents the triumphs and challenges of more than 10,000 women who worked behind the scenes of wartime intelligence
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This article (published in 2020) in "Her Mind Magazine" features several of the NSA "Queens of Code."
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Article by Katherine Hafner for The Virginian-Pilot, 14 June 2020: Edith was 20 and in her senior year when she received a summons from the Navy, which had been seeking women with good math and language skills for its new WAVES unit — Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. Soon she was staying in a brownstone in Georgetown and training in cryptography.
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Learn about a small group of women, members of the Goucher College class of 1942, who were known as WAVES—Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Many of these Goucher students, along with selected students from the class of 1943, went on to work on the top secret mission of decoding the complex German Enigma code machine. Their work directly contributed to the Allied victory in Europe in World War II.
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Article by Lou Leto and Jen Wilcox of the National Cryptologic Museum as a guest post for the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum website.
