The Cyber Queens Podcast

“Where are the women in cyber?” Reflecting on our journeys into cyber and those of women around us, we realized most of the women pivot to cyber as a ‘Plan B’ and our success is much slower and later in life as a result. A lot of women think, “I could never excel in cybersecurity,” until we have no choice but to try and find out if we’ll fail. Why aren't more women interested in this career field out of high school and college? Because we’re conditioned to believe we can’t do it or it’s not acceptable to do it. Cyber professionals must be nerds who can’t work ‘normal’ jobs. Women are meant to be assistants, teachers, nurses, or homemakers. This is where the inherent bias comes from and The Cyber Queens Podcast addresses the ‘Why’ behind these limiting beliefs and what can be done to actually change it for the Gen-Z women and LGBTQ+ minorities.