A 2023 UK Cyber Security Council study found that 19% of women working in cyber experienced a "gender-based incident," as opposed to just 1% of men.

Although the cybersecurity field has seen major growth in recent years, a gender gap persists as women represent only 25% of the workforce, according to an Oct. 1 report from The Female Quotient ...

Published October 10, 2024 Written by Fiona Jackson Knowledge, inclusivity, and pay concerns deter women from security roles Bridging the gender gap in cybersecurity ...

For more on how the gender gap played out, we are joined now by Elaine Kamarck. She is at the Brookings Institution - that's a Washington, D.C., think tank - where she's written about the gender gap.