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    Women in Cybersecurity
    Women in Cybersecurity
    Women in Cybersecurity
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    Women in Cybersecurity

    By Jane LeClair and Denise Pheils

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    Provides a basic overview of the status of women in the cybersecurity field.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJul 8, 2016
    ISBN9781944079116
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      Women in Cybersecurity - Jane LeClair

      Women in Cybersecurity

      Copyright © 2016 by Excelsior College

      Published by arrangement with

      Excelsior College’s National Cybersecurity Institute (NCI)

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form

      or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,

      recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,

      without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Hudson Whitman/ Excelsior College Press

      7 Columbia Circle

      Albany, NY 12203

      www.hudsonwhitman.com

      Printed in the United States of America

      Book design by Sue Morreale

      Cover design by Philip E. Pascuzzo

      ISBN 978-1-944079-91-8

      eISBN 978-1-944079-11-6

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter 1   Women in Cybersecurity Overview

      Chapter 2   Girls in Predetermined Roles

      Chapter 3   Girls in K-12

      Chapter 4   Women in the Technology Workplace

      Chapter 5   Solutions to Barriers

      Chapter 6   Breaking the Glass Ceiling

      Chapter 7   On the Glass Cliff

      Chapter 8   Imposter Syndrome and Women

      Chapter 9   Summary

      References

      About the Authors

      Acknowledgments

      A book of any sort is never written alone, and that is certainly true of this book. The authors wish to thank everyone who contributed their time and effort bringing this work to fruition. Without their guidance, assistance, and never-ending patience, it would never have happened. Thank you.

      Chapter 1

      Women in Cybersecurity Overview

      According to a 2010 U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau publication, women represent approximately one-half of the total American workforce. Of the available pool of women over 16 years of age, 57 percent were employed. Of those, 1.2 percent have a doctoral degree, 9.3 percent have a master’s degree, 20.7 percent have a bachelor’s degree, and 27.8 percent have an associate’s degree or some college credits. Meyer (2014) notes that American women born in the early 1980s are 33 percent more likely to have earned a college degree by the time they reach 27 years of age than their male contemporaries, according to the results of a longitudinal study published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Noting the increase in women in college, Jeffrey (2012) writes that President Barack Obama marked the 40th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX—which bars gender discrimination in education—and noted that more women in the United States are now graduating from college than men, which he characterized as ‘a great accomplishment’ for the nation.

      Clearly, women are increasingly well educated and well represented in the workforce, yet in some areas, their numbers are strikingly low. One example is in the poor representation of women in the C-Suite, especially in the top chair as CEO. Of the Fortune 500 companies, only 4.4 percent of CEOs are women. This number has

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