In an effort to work toward closing the gender gap in cybersecurity the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) recently announced a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that formalizes the collaboration between the two organizations in their pursuit to bridge the gender gap in cybersecurity.
According to a recent report by Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) and Cybersecurity Ventures, women make up about 25% of the global cybersecurity workforce while women consist of 51% of the population. The release states that without women pursuing careers in cybersecurity, the industry is missing out on a large portion of the population’s talent pool. To close this gap, it is important to foster an interest in cybersecurity in young girls — even as early as grade school.