Why the Cyber Security Tech Industry Needs to Address the Gender Gap ai-techpark.com
Last month, October, was Cyber Security Awareness Month. An important highlight that the InfoSec industry spoke during several of the month-long activities was the immediate need to bring more gender inclusivity in the security tech domain to fill the unprecedented number of roles that are expected to open up. While enough noise is being made globally about making STEM education more accessible to women, and many women are foraying into technology education and taking it up as their career path, many of these women are not considering security tech as their choice. The reason for this being so skewed when it comes to women professionals in cyber security tech than any other tech sector is a lack of awareness, mentors, role models and the belief that it can be a career by itself. To date, women make up only 20% of the cyber security workforce worldwide, not even close to the halfway mark.
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