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SentinelOne partners with WiCyS on veterans’ apprenticeship program
WiCyS brings together women and supporters from around the world to develop cybersecurity skills with the aim of advancing women in, building equity in and developing minority talent in the field. In 2019, it started its Veterans' Assistance Program. In late 2020, it...
Cyber Leaders Call on Philanthropy to Help
Cyber threats have topped the U.S. intelligence community’s annual assessment of global threats for seven years running. Whether it’s hacks of companies like Equifax, Marriott and Target, Russian efforts to affect democratic elections, or the SolarWinds breach, every...
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) hosting virtual career fair and global event
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is hosting back-to-back virtual events this month – the Spring Virtual Career Fair and the inaugural WiCyS Around the World. The Spring Virtual Career Fair is Thursday, March 25, from 9 to 11 a.m. CT, and 5 to 7 p.m. CT. This is a free...
WiCyS partners with SANS Institute to provide gaming opportunities to student chapters
Students on campuses across the country are being given more cyber opportunities thanks to the partnership between Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation (NCSF), and SANS Institute. With funding from the NCSF, they are giving 250...
New Education Fund to Invest in Women in Cybersecurity Careers
The Last Mile Education Fund and Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) announced today the WiCyS Cyber Talent Emergency Fund, a collaboration to provide agile financial support for women students pursuing cybersecurity careers who are experiencing urgent, short-term...
Scholarships, grants and fellowship awards abound to attend the Women in CyberSecurity conference
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is offering several scholarships, grants and fellowship awards for members to attend its eighth annual conference Sept. 8-10, 2021, in Aurora, Colorado. WiCyS brings together women in cybersecurity from academia, research, government and...
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) opens call for participation for 2021 conference
From speakers to student research posters, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is calling for participation in its conference Sept. 8-10, 2021, Aurora, Colorado. WiCyS aims to impact diversity in the cybersecurity workforce through recruiting, retaining and advancing...
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals, and Target collaborate to increase diversity in tech
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) and the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP) are excited to team up with Target to help expand access to the National Cyber League (NCL) virtual competition and training program for 500 women and BIPOC...
Dr. Ambareen Siraj, Founder Of WiCyS, Named 2020 Cybersecurity Person Of The Year
Cybersecurity Ventures announced that Dr. Ambareen Siraj, professor of Computer Science and founding director of the Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center (CEROC) at Tennessee Tech University, has been named 2020 Cybersecurity Person Of The Year. Dr....
No More Hackers in Hoodies
When Lasya Sreenivasan applied to high school in 2016 in Phoenix, Ariz., she was reticent to go into computer science. Both parents worked in the field, and, said Sreenivasan, “I had this idea from what I saw in movies that computer scientists worked on their laptops...
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Women Hold 25 Percent of Cybersecurity Jobs Globally In 2021 (Cybersecurity Ventures)
Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that women will hold 25 percent of cybersecurity jobs globally by the end of 2021, up from 20 percent in 2019. In related news, WiCyS (Women In CyberSecurity) and Cybersecurity Ventures announced a strategic research and media...
Women Helping Women In CyberSecurity
Women Helping Women In CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Submitted by: Dawn Kristy The Women Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Lynn Dohm, Executive Director at Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS). We began by looking at the historical development of WiCyS. What started as a...
My Journey Into Cybersecurity (Haya Arfat)
My Journey Into CybersecuritySubmitted by: Haya Arfat In 11th grade, I figured out that computer science was what I wanted to pursue after taking AP Computer Science in school. My prior year of learning drag and drop JavaScript was dull, but this new introductory...
What would you like to be called… A leader or a Woman leader? (Lekshmi Nair)
What would you like to be called... A leader or a Woman leader? Submitted by: Lekshmi Nair Indra Nooyi, former Chairman and CEO of Pepsico in one of her interviews, described how her mother made her go back to fetch milk at late in the evening after a hectic day at...
That Attack Surface Management is so Hot Right Now, A Look Back at Cybersecurity Trends over a Decade (Alexis Culp)
That Attack Surface Management is so Hot Right Now, A Look Back at Cybersecurity Trends over a DecadeSubmitted by: Alexis Culp One of the hot new security trends in 2021 is managing your attack surface. But how did this become a thing? Well simple, security trends...
Mathematician turned Cybersecurity Engineer: Four Questions Answered (Dru Macasieb)
Mathematician turned Cybersecurity Engineer: Four Questions AnsweredSubmitted by: Dru Macasieb In the era before COVID-19 employers felt secure within the confines of their organization's network. Cybersecurity was an afterthought that a faced a shortage of talent all...
WiCyS Australia’s Kevin Crowley
Being a male member of WiCyS AustraliaSubmitted by: Kevin Crowley When I was approached to start volunteering with WiCyS Australia, my first thoughts were of gratitude and enthusiasm. As a contractor, I have changed roles frequently, and had worked in a variety of...
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