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Help wanted: More women in cybersecurity jobs

October 28, 2015

As the cybersecurity industry faces a critical shortage of workers—estimated at 1.5 million by 2020—the number of women in the industry is dismal. According to a recent report by Frost & Sullivan, bridging that gender disparity gap would lessen the shortfall in worker demand.

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