Open AccessClosing the Gap
Author(s) -
Costis Toregas,
Rachelle S. Heller,
Taly Walsh,
Calese Balut
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal on teaching engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2795-4005
DOI - 10.24840/2795-4005_002.001_0004
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , workforce , scholarship , variety (cybernetics) , public relations , political science , information gap , engineering , computer science , computer security , artificial intelligence , bridging (networking) , law
This paper describes the activities and results of a George Washington University DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP) capacity building project Grant No. H98230-19-1-0320 during the 2020-2021 academic year. In particular, the report provides information about the conference held on “Closing the Gap: Re-entry of Women Veterans into Cybersecurity Careers.”
Closing the Gap was a working virtual conference combining presentations and break-out discussions which focused on the research in cyber workforce development and gender issues. By bringing together a variety of stakeholders in this topic, this working conference was able to address how to overcome challenges to increase the recruitment, representation, and retention of women veterans in the cybersecurity workforce and to provide practical suggestions for improvement.