Women in cybersecurity: The time is now

 Article from an interview I did with Eric Pariz, who is the executive editor of TechTarget's Media Security Group.


"Count Lawrence Snyder among those who believe that if the information security profession can be saved, women are its only hope.

Saved may be a strong word, but Snyder, department chair of the new cybersecurity studies program at Bay Path College, understands the stakes. The demand for qualified, experienced information security practitioners far outpaces the supply: The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium estimates that last year about 332,000 InfoSec pros joined the global workforce of about 3.2 million, but the field needs as many as 2 million more practitioners, according to (ISC)² Executive Director W. Hord Tipton." ........Women in cybersecurity: The time is now