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  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

The Security Training Scholarship Program will be expanding thanks to the success of its inaugural year and a pledge of support from Google, Facebook and Bloomberg. The multi-stage security training program -- run by Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys) and the SANS...

The Security Training Scholarship Program for women will enter its second year, with new support from Facebook and Bloomberg. After the first year of the Security Training Scholarship Program for women, Google is again partnering with Women in Cybersecurity and SANS...

COOKEVILLE, TENN. (PRWEB) JULY 20, 2021 Last year, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) partnered with Google and the SANS Institute to create the Security Training Scholarship to help women advance in the cybersecurity field and increase diversity in the field as the...

WiCyS Founder, Ambareen Siraj, Chairman of the Board, Janell Straach, and Executive Director, Lynn Dohm were interviewed by Steve Morgan, Founder of Cybersecurity Ventures. They discussed the benefits of attending the annual Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Conference...

There are around 2 million women veterans in the US today, making up only 10% of the total Veterans population. Disparities concerning gender, race, and sexual orientation in the increasingly digital military are mirrored in cybersecurity. Women veterans have, in...

Female representation up 3 percent over last year. Only 85 Fortune 500 companies have a female CISO (chief information security officer), according to new research from Cybersecurity Ventures. Representation of women in CISO positions at America’s largest businesses...

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...

On April 15, more than 1,100 people streamed into a sunlit atrium flanked with palm trees for a Women in CyberSecurity networking event: WiCyS Virtual 20. Moderators roamed the halls, guiding visitors to their destinations — an auditorium for keynote presentations,...