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Episode: PodChats for FutureCISO: Breaking the cybersecurity glass barrier
Description: The InfoSec Institute estimates there is a worldwide staffing shortage of nearly three million in the ranks of cybersecurity professionals, with the number rising to 3.5 million by 2021. Expectations are that the shortage will only get worse driven by rising demand for infosec resources for the foreseeable future. A 2013 Frost & Sullivan study estimated that women accounted for 10-12% of the global cybersecurity workforce. In a 2019 research article from Cybercrime Magazine concluded that women accounted for 20% of the global infosec payroll.The interesting bit is that everyone in the C-suite, including HR see t...