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Australian cyber education provider Cyber Revolution has announced a number of its female students were successful in securing roles in CyberCX Academy’s All-Women Cohort, which begins training this week.
The All-Women Cohort is an initiative to help boost gender diversity in the cyber security industry while also providing women the chance to upskill into a new career. The cohort is particularly tailored for women seeking to work in their own communities and who are seeking to transition to flexible or part-time hours.
The CyberCX Academy is Australia’s largest private sector initiative working to fix the shortage of skills in the industry and aims to train 500 people over the next three years.
“The cyber security industry is expected to face a shortfall of roughly 30,000 professionals in the near future – a gap that cannot be closed by relying on established pathways,” said CyberCX chief executive John Paitaridis when the All-Women Cohort was launched earlier this year.
“More women working in cyber security will be great for the safety and security of the Australian community, businesses, and government.”
Adam Hewitt, Cyber Revolution founder and CEO, is pleased to be working with CyberCX and addressing the gender gap.
“We’re thrilled that a number of Cyber Revolution students were successful in securing full-time employment in CyberCX Academy’s All-Women Cohort,” Hewitt said in a statement. “It’s no secret gender diversity in the sector is appalling, and the pace of improvement is painfully slow. By upskilling the next generation of female trailblazers and supporting them to enter the cyber security workforce, we’re helping to close the gender gap.”
The positions within the All-Women Cohort are paid and part-time. CyberCX Academy director Rosemary Driscoll said that fixing the gender gap cannot rely on “good intentions alone”.
“This cohort has been designed to open doors for women who never saw themselves as cyber security professionals, those who are wondering how they will juggle the reskilling needed to enter the workforce, and those who are struggling to re-enter the workforce after time away from paid employment,” Driscoll said.
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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