In this “Women in Tech” blog series post, Lead Security Researcher Ophir Harpaz sheds light on the importance of fostering supportive relationships and a healthy communication style, and discusses how collaboration among women in a male-dominant field like tech can create an inclusive and empowering environment. Ophir Harpaz became a part of the Akamai team in 2021 through the Guardicore acquisition and now leads the security research team in Akamai’s Enterprise Security Group (ESG). Ophir is passionate about collaborative work, knowledge sharing, and problem-solving in the security domain — and she thrives on finding innovative solutions to security threats within the industry.  \r\n Ophir earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and then took a cybersecurity and data science course, in which she learned about reverse engineering.…