Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS)

📍 Cookeville, United States👥 239 employees💰 Last funded Mar 2020
Computer and Network Security🌐 wicys.org
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Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in the cybersecurity field. Founded through a National Science Foundation grant to Tennessee Tech University in 2012, WiCyS (pronounced Wee-Sis) is the brainchild of Dr. Ambareen Siraj, who grew the initiative into a vibrant and active community of women and supportive men from academia, industry, government and research. The organization is working to improve diversity and pipeline in the cybersecurity workforce, and it does so through numerous initiatives, together with Strategic Partners and an army of energetic volunteers. WiCyS'​ Founding Partners are Cisco, Facebook and Palo Alto Networks. In addition to Dr. Siraj and representatives from the Founding Partners, the WiCyS Board of Governors includes Chair Dr. Janell Straach of UT-Dallas, Treasurer Dr. Costis Toregas of George Washington University, and leaders from Carnegie Mellon University, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Societe Generale. WiCyS helps build a strong cybersecurity workforce with gender equality by facilitating recruitment, retention and advancement for women in the field. WiCyS offers mentoring, training programs, scholarships, virtual and in-person conferences, leadership series, career fairs, webinars, and more to women at all stages of their cybersecurity career journey!
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Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Windsor Board Member
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Rinki Sethi
Rinki Sethi
CISO & CSO at Upwind Security | 4x CISO | Founding Partner at Lockstep | Former Board Member at StrongDM, ForgeRock and Vaultree | Former VP & CISO at Twitter, Rubrik, BILL | Speaker | Investor
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Where is Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) based?
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is headquartered in Cookeville, United States.