Cyber security's diversity gap remains a risk in the age of AI

Cyber security's diversity gap remains a risk in the age of AI

Women face the systemic problem of continually being underrepresented and undervalued in the cyber security space at a time when the diversity of threat actors is now broad and attacks can come from unanticipated places. In Australia, women only make up 17 per cent of the cyber security workforce and women tend to leave the cyber security industry after four years, according to a 2024 RMIT University study commissioned by the Australian Women Se…

Cyber security’s diversity gap remains a risk in the age of AI

Women face the systemic problem of continually being underrepresented and undervalued in the cyber security space at a time when the diversity of threat actors is now broad and attacks can come from unanticipated places. According to a New Zealand government study of the public service workforce in 2024, women made up 34 per cent of ICT Professionals and Technicians, compared with 62 per cent of the overall public service workforce. Against thi…

Women urged to close cyber skills gap as AI reshapes work

With women at just 17% of Australia's cyber workforce, leaders warn AI could widen shortages unless firms widen recruitment.