Requirements for a Platform that Improves the Number of Young Women Entering Cybersecurity

The cybersecurity workforce is male-dominated, where females only make 11% of the cybersecurity workforce. There is, therefore, a need to encourage females to enter cybersecurity to promote a diverse and multiskilled workforce. The research aimed at promoting this by testing the hypothesis that increasing the visibility of female cybersecurity roles models would inspire young females to consider careers in cybersecurity, subsequently, the research also aimed to identify the requirements for a platform that will provide single-point access to the role model’s career stories and related motivational features.

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Rebecca Turner

Andrew M’manga

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Publication date: July 2022

Publication date (Print): July 2022

Pages: 1-4

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[0001]Department of Computing and Informatics

Bournemouth University

Fern Barrow, Poole

Dorset, BH12 5BB

UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2022.41

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Conference name: 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI2022

Conference number: 35

Conference location: Keele, Staffordshire

Conference date: July 11th to 13th, 2022

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Towards a Human-Centred Digital Society

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[1] Berr´ıos, N. (2019). Increasing the Participation of Young Women in Cybersecurity. Computer Science;.

[2] Boe, J. and R. Woods (2018). Parents’ Influence on Infants’ Gender-Typed Toy Preferences. Sex Roles 79(5-6), 358–373.

[3] Braun, V. and V. Clarke (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology 3(2), 77–101.

[4] Cortez, M. (2017). Most Young Women Have Never Considered a Career in Cybersecurity.

[5] Dampier, D., K. Kelly, and K. Carr (2012). Increasing participation of women in cyber security. In ASEESE Regional Conference, Starkville, MS.

[6] Lockwood, P. (2006). “Someone Like Me can be Successful”: Do College Students Need Same-Gender Role Models? Psychology of Women Quarterly 30(1), 36–46.

[7] Lucka, N. S., F. Caldieraro, and M. T. Zanini (2021). The influence of gender stereotyping and issue advocacy on consumer sentiment. Marketing Intelligence & Planning 39(6), 777–791.

[8] Matheus, C. C. and E. Quinn (2017). Gender based occupational stereotypes: New behaviors, old attitudes. In 2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East, Baltimore, MD, pp. 1–6. IEEE.

[9] Peacock, D. and A. Irons (2017). Gender Inequality in Cybersecurity: Exploring the Gender Gap in Opportunities and Progression. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology 9(1), 25–44.

[10] Quimby, J. L. and A. M. Santis (2006). The Influence of Role Models on Women’s Career Choices. The Career Development Quarterly 54(4), 297–306.

[11] Rowland, P., A. Podhradsky, and S. Plucker (2018). CybHER: A Method for Empowering, Motivating, Educating and Anchoring Girls to a Cybersecurity Career Path. In The 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

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