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Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) conference call for participation
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is planning its next technical conference March 16 to 18 in Denver, Colorado, and looking for participants to present and share their knowledge.At its annual conference, WiCyS has contributors showcase their expertise, skill, and talents...
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) student internship program debuting this month
After implementing a pilot program in February, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is rolling out its student internship program this month. WiCyS student members can apply for this program, which will help bridge the gap between them and their internship needs and...
Calling Women to Join the Cybersecurity Field
CSO Written By Rob Rashotte As the cybersecurity skills gap persists, it is imperative to create access to training, career pathways, and opportunities in order to encourage more people to pursue careers in cybersecurity. By providing access to and possibilities for...
Top Cyber News Magazine | Cybersecurity Woman of the Year
Lynn Dohm, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) executive director, is featured in Top Cyber News Magazine. She collaborates with other cybersecurity professionals as they offer tips and information on how to get into the cybersecurity workforce, the importance of diversity...
WiCyS 3rd Annual Security Training Scholarship open for applications
The Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Security Training Scholarship made possible by Google, Bloomberg and Meta is open for applications, entering its’ third year of growing the cyber workforce. The scholarship, created in partnership with Google and the SANS Institute,...
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is hosting its Virtual Career Fair
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is hosting its Virtual Career Fair on Wed., Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is free for all members. Over 40 strategic partners are hosting booths and ready to engage throughout the event with WiCyS members.Anyone looking for a...
Fortinet, WiCyS Advance Women In Cybersecurity Through Lifecycle Retention
SDxCentral 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...
IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps
CIO Written By: Beth Stackpole As the IT talent gap looms large, companies need to think outside the box to recruit and retain a strong female bench for key areas such as cybersecurity and software engineering.With an undergraduate degree in political science and time...
Three paths to cyber professional development — and how they converge
SC Media Written By: Bradley Barth SC Media spoke with three experts at the RSA Conference last week on different approaches to fill the cyber skills gap. Pictured: Students walk on the campus of UCLA on April 23, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Kevork...
Fortinet Partners with Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) to Expand the Workforce
Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, is expanding its partnership to become a Tier 1 strategic partner with the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) nonprofit organization. This partnership will help bring more cybersecurity...
BLOGS
De-identification: The Risk of Un-regulation (Maria Sherlyn)
Submitted by: Maria Sherlyn Not enough regulation exists for personal data protection. Even the largest companies have proven themselves self-disciplined in protecting their consumer data in the cases of enormous data breaches and when sharing data with others. The...
Submitting a Stellar Proposal to Present Your Talk (Dawn Kristy)
Submitted by: Dawn Kristy “All the world’s a stage.” As You Like It – William Shakespeare Why should you present at a conference? If colleagues are suggesting that you join the speakers’ circuit, what are your thoughts? Before you decide, here are some potential...
My advice on how to get into infosec (or any other career field) (Ash R)
Submitted by: Ash R I decided to write this blog post because almost daily I receive messages on Twitter of people asking me how to get into infosec. Here I will write my experience on how I "joined" the field and how I got all my knowledge. Which is still growing,...
Innovative Thinking: Modernizing Outerspace Governance (Diane Janosek)
Submitted by: Diane Janosek Abstract Space security is essential to global safety and prosperity. International treaties should modernize and reflect the world’s innovation in space and governance needs. One must look back to 1967 for the inaugural “Outer Space...
Advancing an inclusive, diverse security industry (Sarah Morales)
Submitted by: Sarah Morales, Community Outreach Manager, Security, Google It’s no secret that lack of diversity in corporate America is a well-documented problem and improvements have been slow. To help improve female representation in the cybersecurity industry,...
My Cybersecurity Journey: first steps for a career changer (Midori, Connolly, GSEC)
Submitted by: Midori, Connolly, GSEC About four years ago, I stumbled into the world of cybersecurity. As a Sales Director in the elections industry, I began on the fringes, learning about authentication and identity. Soon I was drawn into new and exotic terms such as...
Women Helping Women In CyberSecurity (Dawn Kristy)
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 grassroots organization by Dr. Ambareen...
My Journey Into Cybersecurity (Haya Arfat)
Submitted 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 course on Java brought my...
What would you like to be called… A leader or a Woman leader? (Lekshmi Nair)
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 work. This was the day on which Indra was nominated as the CEO of...
That Attack Surface Management is so Hot Right Now, A Look Back at Cybersecurity Trends over a Decade (Alexis Culp)
Submitted 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 are born out of hindsight. It is through forensic investigation and response that we learn what...
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