Kyla Guru

Kyla is 21 years old and already reimagining the future of cybersecurity. 

When she was 14 years old, Kyla discovered her passion for human-centered security, discovering that 90% of cyberattacks were due to human error. To combat this, Kyla founded Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education Corp (BNBCE), an international 501(c)(3) that distributes curriculum to schools and sustains partnerships with corporations like Facebook and IBM, and educational platforms to increase training/awareness in cybersecurity and privacy. Kyla has championed her message for empowering individuals in cyber on national/international stages including TEDxChicago, NIST’s NICE Conference, RSAC-USA and Singapore 2019.  

She is also the co-founder of GirlCon Tech, an international conference that unites industry professionals and students annually to discuss bridging the gender gap. For her impact-driven work, Kyla has been honored as Crain Chicago’s Top 50 in Tech, a Stanford She++ fellow, a 2018 Global Teen Leader, and a 2019 Harvard Book Prize Award winner. Kyla is also a student at Stanford University studying Computer Science and International Security.