Gender (as opposed to physical sex) is a social construct and is therefore susceptible to manipulation and what hackers may call 'social engineering'. Speaking from personal experience, I will discuss various techniques that some members of the transgender community use to alter the perception of their gender. This talk will not focus on the "why", but rather the "how", and may have applications relevant to the broader hacker/social-engineering community.
Joan Pepin is a 15 year Information Security veteran with experience in a variety of industries, such as healthcare, manufacturing, defense, Internet and security service providers. Her experience spans technical, operational, and management levels of security. Her specialties include policy management, security metrics, incident response and security thought-leadership.