Who are we?

WICCA is a dynamic community of women in cybersecurity founded late 2018 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with the mission to inspire and empower women in the field while sharing cybersecurity knowledge widely.

In 2025, after growing the community to 1,000+ members and organising two successful editions of WICCON, we expanded our circle to Ireland.

Our goal is to bring women security enthusiasts together to learn about everything from exploits, hacking, incident response, and forensics to the low-level tech, governance, policy, GRC—you name it! And of course, to make plenty of bad crypto jokes along the way. We’re here to build a strong community of badass women in the Netherlands and Ireland, and hopefully inspire future generations to grab a keyboard and get the hacking party started!

We meet regularly to talk about all things information security. We collaborate with individuals, companies, governments, and universities to offer a learning platform for women exploring a career in cybersecurity, as well as for experts looking to deepen their skills.

WICCA is an entirely volunteer-driven community and all our meetups are free.

Did you know…

We also organise a conference, WICCON, featuring an all-women speaker line-up designed to put women in the cybersecurity spotlight. Everyone is welcome to attend.

We prioritise women when hosting events because we want to highlight their technical achievements, but as we aim to spread knowledge far and wide, we also host many mixed events. The main idea is to create a space where everyone feels at ease and truly welcome. We built a strong circle of women, but we’re not an exclusive one. WICCA is, at its core, a group of badass security ladies where anyone is welcome to learn from and with us!

Meet the Team

It all began with an idea, a wish to connect with likeminded people. Meet the women who lead and organise WICCA events.


  • Founder

    From ethical hacker to security engineer, with a detour through the brambles of security management, VM has evolved like a Pokémon across the cybersecurity field. Jack of all trades, master of some, she speaks at international conferences about whatever has her attention at that moment in time. In her free time, VM is a high fantasy and cybercrime thriller author. She plays D&D, hangs out in the Dublin Mountains, and collects useless things like stickers and old conference badges.

  • Founder

    Head of Researchers at Zerocopter. She takes care of one of the most important aspects of Zerocopter’s services: the community of researchers. Started in marketing, hacking her way up.

Netherlands

  • Organiser

    Daniëlle works as a DevSecOps consultant at Sogeti Nederland. With a background in functional and penetration testing she specialises in threat modelling, helping developers defend against attacks before they happen.

  • Design

    Ilse works at the Dutch Police as part of the regional Cybercrime Unit of Midden-Nederland. She is working as a digital forensic examiner on different kind of cybercrime cases, from hunting botnets and their creators to different kinds of banking fraud.

Ireland

  • Organiser

    Forest Manager turned Cybersecurity Professional in the finance industry, she wandered through the woods stopping briefly at waypoints like HR administrator before finally finding her home in cyber. Passionate about the human factor, cyberpsychology and Risk (the roots of cybersecurity). She is a builder of bridges, organiser of cyber events and conferences, empowerer of others and winner of a global award for her impact to the cyber industry. Outside the working world, She loves DRAG and Musicals. Spending time with family, playing music and crafting are among her favourite ways to pass the time. Self-professed nerd, she loves reading/watching anything SciFi Fantasy related. She adores nature and animals - some things you'll find in her house/pockets include cool rocks, sticks and other naturey bits.

Our Philosophy

In our group, we focus on the positive impact of the many initiatives working to increase diversity in cybersecurity and the broader tech world. We highlight good work, solid research, and strong efforts that help our community grow and thrive. We don’t let negativity or endless debates drain our energy, we’d rather spend that time building things, learning, and lifting each other up. We goof together, we laugh together, and yes—we hack together!

“You might not be able to change the world, but you can change a small part of it.”

— Women In Cybersecurity Community Association