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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 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...

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...

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...

  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...

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, 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...

Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) added another strategic partner to its growing cache of associates – Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia is the U.S.’s premier science and engineering laboratory for national security and technology innovation. This federally funded...

CRN Written By Jay FitzgeraldFemale cybersecurity executives speak to CRN about their own journeys in the field and give kudos to the RSA Conference for selecting so many women to give keynotes and participate in panel discussions.For Brittany Greenfield, it’s a case...

As cyberthreats continue to expand and progress worldwide, the need for qualified cybersecurity professionals is increasing. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs will be open by 2025, a 350% increase over eight years...