Opportunities for women in IT security

Authors:
Martha Myers;Amy Woszczynski;Sherri Shade
Affiliations:
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA;Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA;Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research
Year:
2005

Citing 10
Cited 4

The impact of job performance evaluations on career advancement prospects: an examination of gender differences in the IS workplace

MIS Quarterly
The incredible shrinking pipeline

Communications of the ACM
People who make a difference: mentors and role models

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin - Women and Computing
Building an effective computer science student organization: the Carnegie Mellon women@SCS action plan

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin - Women and Computing
An interpretive study of software risk management perspectives

SAICSIT '02 Proceedings of the 2002 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on Enablement through technology
Gender differences in computer science students

SIGCSE '03 Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
CS girls rock: sparking interest in computer science and debunking the stereotypes

SIGCSE '03 Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Programming languages and gender

Communications of the ACM - Multimodal interfaces that flex, adapt, and persist
Hacking into Hacking: Gender and the Hacker Phenomenon

ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
Examining IT professionals' adaptation to technological change: the influence of gender and personal attributes

ACM SIGMIS Database

Cross-cultural influences on women in the IT workforce

Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on computer personnel research: Forty four years of computer personnel research: achievements, challenges & the future
Contextual integration: a framework for presenting social, legal, and ethical content across the computer security and information assurance curriculum

InfoSecCD '06 Proceedings of the 3rd annual conference on Information security curriculum development
Welcome to the ISA club! Strategies for recruiting and retaining women in ISA

2009 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference
Embracing intersectionality in gender and IT career choice research

Proceedings of the 50th annual conference on Computers and People Research

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Much prior research has examined the dearth of women in the IT industry. The purpose of this study is to examine the questions surrounding women in IT within the context of Information Security and Assurance. This research-in-progress report describes results from one phase in a study of a relatively new career path to see if there are female-friendly opportunities that have not existed in previous IT career paths. Research methodology focuses on a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with women who are self-described IT security professionals. The next phase will focus on interviews with men in the IT security field as a basis for comparison. A primary goal of the study is to determine whether or not women in security face the same challenges and opportunities as they do in other IT fields. Further, does the security area offer equivalent opportunities for women and men? Finally, implications are explored, including those for IT educators in terms of recruiting and retaining diverse groups of students to pursue security related careers.