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Women’s Cybersecurity Training Program Expands with Google Support
By: Rhea Kelly Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), an organization devoted to recruiting, retaining and advancing women in the cybersecurity field, has expanded its Cybersecurity Training Scholarship Program thanks to funding from Google, Facebook and Bloomberg....
Google, Bloomberg and Facebook pledge support for second year of Security Training Scholarship Program for women
By Jonathan Greig, Contributor More than 30% of women were able to find employment in direct information security roles before the program ended. View the original article HERE
How WiCyS Is Taking On Security’s Image Problem
By Mary K. Pratt The way Janell Straach sees it, the cybersecurity profession has an image problem, and it’s keeping women out of the field at a time when the industry needs all the workers it can get. Straach says female students, when asked to describe cybersecurity...
Tearing down red flags: Women in CyberSecurity’s Lynn Dohm on tackling the high exit rate of female infosec pros
By: Adam Bannister This is according to a study quoted by a leading figure at global non-profit Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), which was established in 2012 to give female cybersecurity professionals the training, support, and career development opportunities...
IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps
By Beth Stackpole Contributing writer, CIO JUL 20, 2022 3:00 AM PDT With an undergraduate degree in political science and time spent as a Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteer, Lain McGrath hardly envisioned a career in software engineering. Yet after...
A Place for Women in Cybersecurity
Written by: Dice Guest Despite the progress made in the last decade or so, there are still far too few women in the cybersecurity field—even as the field struggles to find skilled candidates. In fact, while women comprise 51 percent of the population, they...
Fortinet, WiCyS Advance Women in Cybersecurity Through Lifecycle Retention
Written by: Tommy Clift There’s no encryption hiding the gender disparity in the cybersecurity industry. While awareness is a start, alliances like Fortinet‘s with Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) have been creating career pathways for women in the industry....
Women in Cybersecurity Aren’t Unicorns: ‘We Do Exist’
Nancy Liu | Editor Women currently make up close to 25% of the cybersecurity workforce, according to Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) and Cybersecurity Ventures’ estimation. The number has nearly doubled since 2013, but it’s “still way too low,” which...
The BISO: bringing security to business and business to security
Written By Deb Radcliff Throughout her career in IT security, Irina Singh has thrived on difficult projects. With a bachelor of science degree in management of information systems and a minor in international business, she now manages a team of business information...
Women in CyberSecurity Calling for Participants for New Measuring Inclusion Workshops
Program will help understand barriers to hiring and retaining women in cybersecurity CHICAGO, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), the nonprofit organization dedicated to the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in cybersecurity,...
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The Cybersecurity Playbook: How every leader and employee can contribute to a culture of security by Allison Cerra (Jo Anna Parker Martin)
Submitted by: Jo Anna Parker Martin When I look for cybersecurity books to review I specifically keep an eye out for books written by women and minorities for a broad range of perspectives. This one caught my interest with its strong title and black minimalist cover....
Running a WiCyS Chapter — tips, tricks, secrets and perks! (Yansi Keim)
Submitted by: Yansi Keim Hello all, thanks for visiting this article. I am Yansi Keim (former President of WiCyS Purdue University Chapter). Today, I am sharing my experience and advice on running a successful and engaging Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Chapter. My...
What WiCyS Means to Me (April Hubbard)
Submitted by: April Hubbard During the final keynote of WiCyS 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio, we all had the wonderful pleasure of hearing some of the stories of individuals and what WiCys means to them. They joined the stage while “Can’t Stop This Feeling” by Justin...
Dissecting Imposter Syndrome by Dr. Dawn Beyer, Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow and WiCyS Board Member (Dawn Beyer)
Submitted by: Dawn BeyerHave you ever experienced "imposter syndrome" or felt like you don't have the knowledge for your role? Oh, yes!First, what is Imposter syndrome? According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Imposter Syndrome is a psychological condition that is...
My Time At WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Cleveland 2022 (April Hubbard)
Submitted by: April Hubbard From Thursday, March 17th, 2022, until Saturday, March 19th, 2022, I attended my very first WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) conference, and let me just tell you in one word how this conference went --- Phenomenal! WiCyS (Women in...
There is no substitute for a CISO…or is there? (Pam Lindemoen)
Submitted by: Pam Lindemoen You haven’t had an uninterrupted vacation in years, your presentation at the last board meeting fell short, and it’s hard for you to imagine how the organization would function without you at the helm. These are all very real situations...
DevSecOps-Making a difference from traditional DevOps (Noel Varghese)
Premise The problem with programming in its initial phase was its inconvenience in not being able to collaborate with fellow programmers and bringing better logic and implementation to the fore. Earlier, software only required annual updates or quarterly maintenance...
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Security Training Scholarship Program (Dominique Serna)
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCys) Established in 2012 by Dr. Ambareen Siraj of Tennessee Tech University through a grant from the National Science Foundation, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), a global community of women and men, is thriving, fulfilling our spirit...
GFACT (GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies) Certification (Sakshi Aggarwal)
Submitted by: Sakshi Aggarwal Recently I passed, GFACT (GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies) Certification provided by Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC). In this article I will be writing about: What is GFACT certification and what areas does...
Two Military Veterans, Two Pathways to Cyber Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Lockheed Martin Affiliate (WiLMA) article (Joann Gerena and Jaidie Vargas)
Joann Gerena and Jaidie Vargas are members of the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) organization and cybersecurity professionals at Lockheed Martin. Their stories are similar but uniquely different – both starting their post-high school journeys by sampling college and...
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PODCASTS
Cybercrime Magazine: 2020 Cybersecurity Person of the Year. Women in Cyber Advocate. Ambareen Siraj, Founder of WiCyS
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....
Cybercrime Magazine: Cybercrime Magazine Update: WiCyS Partnership! Steve Morgan, Founder of Cybersecurity Ventures.
Steve Morgan introduces the exciting new partnership of Cybersecurity Ventures and Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS).
Breaking into Cybersecurity: WiCyS & Smoothstack
Join Chris Foulon from “Breaking into Cybersecurity '' as he chats with Martha Laughman and Lynn Dohm about WiCyS’ recent partnership with Smoothstack to offer a cybersecurity apprenticeship to women veterans.
Cybrary Podcasts: Founding WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) with Dr. Siraj
In this episode of the Cybrary Podcast, Amanda and Angel from the Cybrary team sit down with Dr. Ambareen Siraj, the founder of WiCyS - a non profit whose purpose is to bring women together in cybersecurity. Dr. Siraj goes through her history in cybersecurity and how...
Founding WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) with Dr. Siraj | The Cybrary Podcast Ep. 36
In this episode of the Cybrary Podcast we sit down with Dr. Ambareen Siraj, the founder of WiCyS - a non profit whose purpose is to bring women together in cybersecurity. Speaking with Amanda and Angel from the Cybrary team, Dr. Siraj goes through her history in...
New Cyber Frontier Podcast: NCF-220 Cyber Research in Academic Institutions
Join host Christopher Gorog and Ambareen Siraj, PhD, Professor and Director of Cybersecurity Education Research & Outreach Center Comp Science at Tennessee Tech and Founder/Chair at WiCyS as they discuss computer science, cybersecurity education, and new research...