According to a recent report on Global Information Security in the workforce, only about 10 percent of those who are currently employed as cybersecurity professionals are female. In an effort to increase those numbers, the (ISC)2 Foundation is offering scholarships up to $40,000 for women who want to study in this field.
At the same time, the survey shows that a large majority of respondents say their organizations don’t have enough security professionals.
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