{"id":195976,"date":"2026-03-11T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/cybersecurity-has-a-gender-gap-perception-problem-isc2-says\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:20:32","slug":"cybersecurity-has-a-gender-gap-perception-problem-isc2-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/cybersecurity-has-a-gender-gap-perception-problem-isc2-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity has a gender gap perception problem, ISC2 says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cybersecurity has a gender gap perception problem, ISC2 says<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-03-11 10:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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In the cybersecurity workforce, 45% of women said that work-life balance and caregiving demands were the main barriers preventing women from staying and advancing in their field, while only 29% of men said they perceived as much happening to women, according to a new global study from ISC2, an international nonprofit cybersecurity association.
\nRegarding perception around women\u2019s wages, 34% of women participants said pay or promotion inequity had prevented them from moving forward, compared to just 19% of men who said they shared that perspective, per the survey.
\nIn addition, 42% of men participants said that they were \u201cunaware of any challenges or had not observed any significant barriers for women,\u201d which the survey noted was 2.5 times higher than the 17% of women participants who said the same.<\/p>\n

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\nThe ISC2 research was published to coincide with Women\u2019s History Month and explored trends shaping women\u2019s experiences in the field of cybersecurity. Out of this year\u2019s 16,029 global online respondents, 16% were women, per the report.\u00a0
\nMeanwhile, a 2024 report from The Female Quotient and Deloitte Global found that women represent only 25% of the cybersecurity workforce despite ongoing growth in the profession and a heightened need for cybersecurity talent.
\nParticipants in ISC2\u2019s survey were asked to estimate the percentage of women cybersecurity professionals working in their organization. Participant estimates reflected perception rather than actual representation, which can influence perspective on inclusion issues, per the report.
\n\u201cJust over a fifth (21%) of participants perceive their cybersecurity teams as having only 10% women or fewer,\u201d the report said. \u201cFurthermore, 14% reported that their cybersecurity teams contain no women at all. However, 22% said their cybersecurity teams have between 31-50% women, with a further 2% having gender parity, or are majority women.\u201d
\nDespite the gender disparity, 75% of all participants said cybersecurity was \u201ca welcoming career path for women.\u201d Job satisfaction among women participants increased from 67% to 71% year over year, although 35% of women surveyed identified a lack of leadership opportunities as one of their biggest barriers, per the report.
\nNotably, 27% of women reported having significant knowledge of artificial intelligence and machine learning, compared to 17% of men.\u00a0
\nA 2025 report from global talent firm Randstad found a gender gap between men and women in terms of AI skills, training, job access and overall pay, which stands to increase overall labor shortages if left unchecked. According to that report, 71% of workers who said they\u2019re skilled in AI were men, compared to 29% who were women.<\/p>\n

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