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ESET Australia is joining forces with Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil to launch this year’s ESET Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship Program.
The program, which is in its second year, will award $5,000 to a woman currently studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics at an undergraduate or graduate level. Hopeful students can apply now, and the winner will be announced on 8 March by Minister O’Neil.
“Our cyber security workforce has never been more important,” Minister O’Neil said in an announcement. “The percentage of women in cyber security is growing, and initiatives such as ESET’s scholarships compliment the work the government is doing to support that influx of women. Women rising through ranks in cyber security will encourage the younger generation into STEM-related studies, and into technical roles.”
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, only 15 per cent of Australia’s STEM workforce are women, and at a global level, only one in four people in the cyber security sector are women. Parvinder Walia, ESET APJ president, believes that getting more women into cyber security can help address the growing number of cyber threats facing businesses today.
“Eradicating cyber crime needs a global army of passionate cyber security evangelists with different perspectives, and the increase of women coming into this robust workforce adds to the strength and diversity of expertise,” Walia said. “We hope that incentives like this scholarship and our alignment with Minister O’Neil, as a leader for Australia’s Cyber Security portfolio, will inspire the continued increase of women into the cyber security sector.”
“Women are still very much under-represented in the cyber security industry. I believe that with the ESET Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship, we can break down some barriers of entry in order to support the next generation of female cyber security experts.”
To learn about the scholarship program, and to apply, have a look at this PDF.
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
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