The cyber security industry has actually been informed to alter its "brother culture" to attract the next line of digital defenders in a world that never stops.
The US may be diversity, koha-community.cz equity and inclusion (DEI) programs under President Donald Trump, however Australia's National Cyber Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness says "variety is capability".
The three-star general, one of only 3 women to hold that rank in Australia, states she has actually browsed a considerable gender space for many of her profession.
Speaking at an elite cyber security top at Parliament House, she issued a clarion call for more females to become the nation's digital defenders.
"There is absolutely nothing particularly masculine about cyber security," Lt Gen Michelle McGuinness said.
"Among the biggest misconceptions about cyber security is that that it's all about coding or being in isolation behind a computer screen.
"It's a field that requires team effort, development and imagination, it requires risk analysis, it needs management," she said.
Women were crucial to code-breaking during The second world war at the UK's when top-secret Bletchley Park and were recruited as linguists, mathematicians, engineers and crossword puzzle fanatics.
While today's culture is not similar to the 1940s, she said there were parallels since of an essential requirement for higher labor force capability and the abilities and point of views that females bring.
She said the appeal of keeping the country and community safe should be a drawcard for young and mid-career women to step up.
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