Women In Cybersecurity: Facts, Figures, Predictions & Statistics

Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that women will represent 30 percent of the global cybersecurity workforce by 2025, increasing to 35 percent by 2031. That's up from 25 percent in 2022, 20 percent in 2019 and around 10 percent in 2013.

In 2024, women hold just 15 percent of chief information security officer positions at Fortune 500 companies. CISOs are pivotal as forces for cultural change, and can become role models who are able to attract more talent to the field.

Cybersecurity isn’t just about coding and becoming a master programmer or problem-solver" says Teresa Zielinski, Vice President and Global CISO at GE, one of the world's largest corporations. She says that the industry needs to eradicate stereotypical viewpoints and bias to attract talent, to tackle hiring shortages, and to keep up with today’s cybercriminals.

To fill the world’s open security positions, we’ll need to aim for 50 percent of women in cyber over the next decade. While some people may view that as an overly ambitious goal, it’s one that the cybersecurity industry must aim for.

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