Diversity and Women in IT Heather Stratford – IT Training Solutions

Why So Few Women in IT?

Hostile Culture Isolation Lack of Role Models

In-Group Favoritism: We Hire people that are similar to us. Current ISACA image on their main website.

85% of Women Left Tech For Family Reasons

Why Do Stereotypes Matter?

How Do we Change Sterotypes?

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How Do We Change Sterotypes?

If there are no women to choose from – they can’t hire Women

Cyber Security! The New Field. The Field We NEED Women! ONLY 11% Women

Top Tech Companies over all jobs are still screwed

Percentage of Female Professional Developers:

North America is Leading with 18% Tech Leadership Roles Held By Women

The Future of Tech is Women! In the past Flexible jobs were in Teaching, Nursing, Day Care, Basic Office Work TODAY: Part time Jobs in Technology, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Programming, Web Design, Biotech http://www.inc.com/kalee-thompson/powertofly-women-coders-technology-jobs.html

2016 Numbers National Science Foundation

Major Decline in Women in Computers

University of Wisconsin – Madison Computer Science Majors

Skills you Need – Cyber Security Ability to Work methodically and very detail oriented Eagerness to dig into technical questions Enthusiastic and highly adaptable Strong Analytical and Diagnostic Skills Demonstrated Skills in innovation and collaboration Ability to Get the Job Done

Skills you Need – Cyber Security Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills Ability to Clearly Communicate Complex Concepts Able to Use Active Listening Skills Able to Juggle a diverse workload Technically capable and always learning in the field.

College Majors – With the Highest Salaries - Forbes Computer Science – Average Starting Salary $66,800 Engineering – Average Starting Salary $65,000 Mathematics and Statistics – Ave. Starting Salary $60,300

Growing Need for Cyber Security

Take-aways YOU COULD BE THAT WOMAN We need more women in Computers and Science We need more role models We need to Change Stereotypes We need to support Women who are breaking ground YOU COULD BE THAT WOMAN

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