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Women still make up only 22% of the high tech workforce, according to EEOC.

Theresa Payton, CEO of Fortalice Solutions, LLC, and former White House CIO, explores the future of cybersecurity.

Help us recognize Women in IT Security by nominating Cybersecurity Veterans, Power Players, Advocates and Women to Watch.

Here’s three ways we can create more diversity into cybersecurity and fulfill the staffing needs the industry desperately requires.

Meghan Maneval, vice president of product strategy & evangelism at RiskOptics, on her dedication to diversity in a male-dominated industry. "My perspective is really focusing on what are those things that I can do to make someone else's life easier or better."

Pam Schwamb, a senior manager and scyops engineer at Conquest Cyber, describes how she entered the cybersecurity industry and the challenges of getting an authorization package through the Department of Defense. 

Leading AI voices call out gender bias in the technology, as well as inequities in professional AI roles.

Christina Liaghati leads MITRE ATLAS, which she described as a community collaboration on "all things AI security and assurance."

Last year, Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, announced the goal to have women make up 50% of the cybersecurity workforce by 2030.

Dara Gibson, senior cyber insurance manager at Optiv, describes how she began her career in cybersecurity and how she became a mentor to other women looking to enter the field. "That forced me to look at where I was going and where I came from."