Women represent only 11% of the global information security workforce, including in financial services, despite a shortage of cybersecurity skilled personnel overall.
Credit unions have to be more security-minded as staff and members connect through many devices. However, in seeking help, credit unions must realize that the information security profession worldwide and domestically is growing in numbers, yet falling increasingly behind in meeting increasing market demand, according to the latest (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study, performed in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton.
The study found that attracting more women into the predominantly male InfoSec profession, would lessen the workforce shortfall. Yet, as the GISWS revealed, the proportion of women to men has been stubbornly stagnant over the last two years.
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