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I was on a panel a few weeks ago in a discussion about Diversity in IT that included, besides myself, 3 women: 2 CIOs and a managing principal for an IT staffing firm. The discussion was quite eye opening, and a lot of it centered on a person's life balances as a huge factor in choosing their profession. The question was not really whether or not we are equal, but instead revolved more around the circumstances that heavily influenced decisions, and what would be a better fit in their family life. Although I readily admit that IT security (really, IT in general) has since the beginning been a male dominated discipline, I'm not sure that disparaging attitudes towards women in IT are prevalent and cause their lack of representation.
I am glad that the author touched on the pipeline problem. We must find a way to inspire girls and young women to consider a career in cybersecurity (really, IT in general). In the USA, almost 47% of the workforce are women, and if only 11% in the (cybersecurity) industry are women, then we have a serious issue because we are missing out on a very large group of people. I'm not saying that we must necessarily have 47 %, but surely something larger than 11%. Peer and societal pressures play such a heavy role on career selections, and those are the toughest to overcome. It would be good for women in cybersecurity to share their stories so that women can be inspired to pursue that career. Those stories should be heard by girls at an early age, as stereotypical images are formed at earlier ages these days.
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8/7/2017 | 3:28:50 PM
The report had a positive spin indeed because many women are proud of the work they do and the contributions they make to the industry. That should speak for itself on how they are an important "subgroup" of the security profession.