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Addressing Gender Diversity in the Cybersecurity Profession to Enhance Business Value

Addressing Gender Diversity in the Cybersecurity Profession to Enhance Business Value
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Author(s): Adéle Da Veiga (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 28
Source title: Diversity, AI, and Sustainability for Financial Growth
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Huibrecht Margaretha van der Poll (University of South Africa, South Africa), John Andrew van der Poll (University of South Africa, South Africa)and Collins Chigaemecha Ngwakwe (University of Limpopo, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-6011-8.ch006

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Abstract

Businesses require a skilled workforce to define and implement innovative digital solutions and to protect them from incidents and cyber-attack. However, a major cybersecurity skills gap exists globally, with a significant underrepresentation of women in the profession. This chapter provides an overview of the barriers women experience and proposed interventions to enter and progress in the cybersecurity profession. The chapter concludes with the Cybersecurity for Women (CybSec4W) framework and checklist to foster a culture where women can enter and advance in the cybersecurity workforce, whilst incorporating the requisite organisation theory. Management can implement the framework with the outlined interventions to attract, retain, create and support a conducive and equitable culture in the organisation's cybersecurity workspace to enable a strong capability to become cyber resilient, which will benefit the adoption of digital technologies for business growth.

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