# In conversation with Shivani Bhardwaj, Developer at Suricata IDS

**URL:** <https://forum.fossunited.org/t/in-conversation-with-shivani-bhardwaj-developer-at-suricata-ids/658>\
**Category:** Interview Series\
**Created:** [28 March 2021 05:49 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/in-conversation-with-shivani-bhardwaj-developer-at-suricata-ids/658 "2021-03-28T05:49:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [28 March 2021 05:49 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/in-conversation-with-shivani-bhardwaj-developer-at-suricata-ids/658/1 "2021-03-28T05:49:00Z")

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Read this interview with @Shivani_Bhardwaj. She contributes to [Suricata IDS](https://suricata-ids.org/), an open source tool for intrusion detection system and intrusion prevention system.

In this interview, Shivani shares her journey, how she started contributing to FOSS, her views on the current education system and what approach students and young developers should take to learn to program, her thoughts on the gender diversity gap in the FOSS ecosystem.

She is also one of our speaker at [April FOSS Meetup](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-meetup-april-2021/636).

> **[In conversation with Shivani Bhardwaj](https://fossunited.org/blog/interview/shivani-bhardwaj)**
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> Read our interview with Shivani Bhardwaj, she currently works at The Open Information Security Foundation and contributes to Suricata IDS.