Encouraging Women to Choose Cyber-Security Careers

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans

A partnership between Women in Technology and online course-provider Cybrary provides access to free technology training for WIT’s members and protégés. A new partnership between Cybrary, a free online cyber-security training platform, and Women in Technology (WIT), should enable more women to explore cyber-security training and jobs. From CompTIA Security+ to Python for Security Professionals, the platform offers more than 12 training courses in cyber-security and related certifications, as well as in network and systems administration. The massive open online course (MOOC) is free and features video that contains both conceptual and procedural instruction from top teachers in the field. For example, Georgia Weidman, who teaches advanced penetration training, is a renowned security professional with a master’s of science degree in computer science from James Madison University. “Our mission is to put these tools into the hands of as many learners who can benefit from them as possible,” says Ryan Cory, co-founder of Cybrary. “Because women are a minority in technology—and even more so in cyber-security—this is a terrific fit.” The partnership with WIT is recent, but it provides unlimited licensing to Cybrary’s enterprise training platform for several of WIT’s programs, including its Workforce Development Committee and its Special Interest […]

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