Saturday, August 29, 2015

The Growing Need for More Women Cybersleuths

Cybersecurity is yet just one of the many majors out there for students to consider, and it is needed now more than ever before (consider the numerous instances of major hacking stories that have made the news in the last two years alone - Target, Home Depot, Sony, the IRS, and on and on).

And yet the trend in cybersecurity continues:  only 11% of all professionals employed in cybersecurity are female.  Increasing the gender balance here can only serve to help provide more perspective in solving cybercrimes.

This article goes further into detail on this topic:

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/26/the-growing-need-for-more-women-cybersleuths.html

- Svetty



 

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