This WiCyS custom hub is an online community that brings together Experts, Organizations, Students, and women interested in cybersecurity  To LEARN more about the field…  DISCUSS relevant issues … and ENGAGE in positively addressing Cyber challenges.

This hub can facilitate relationships between novice and experienced women cybersecurity engineers and the nonprofit and for profit organizations they represent.  Women in Cybersecurity can have profile posts for themselves and the organizations with content they control and whether their posts can be shared with other networks like the Cyber Network Top Hub (see link under the onAir logo in the site header).

Build a community within George Mason University that promotes women’s education, participation, and leadership in the field of cybersecurity. They WiCyS Student Chapter shall be familiar with the and abide by the Academic Institution’s student organization bylaws, policies, and procedures.

“Recruit, retain and advance women in cybersecurity to build a robust cybersecurity workforce.”

Cybersecurity Engineering student, University Scholar, and WiCyS student chapter president at GMU. I’m passionate about developing innovative security solutions and researching emerging cyber threats.

Proven through my personal projects and academic work, I’m skilled in languages like Python, C, and JavaScript, and applications like Wireshark and Splunk. Always looking for an opportunity to make a positive impact.

Source: LinkedIn

Liza Wilson Durant serves as the associate provost for strategic initiatives and community engagement at George Mason University and professor and associate dean for strategic initiatives and community engagement in the College of Engineering and Computing.

She works to build meaningful partnerships across the university with external corporate, government, academic, non-profit, and global entities to support the mission of Mason’s strategic objectives.

Prior to her appointment as associate provost, she served as chair of the Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, where she has been a faculty member since 2010.

She received her BS and MS degrees from Cornell University and Stanford University respectively, and her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.

Lynn Dohm’s area of focus is on the most valuable asset of cybersecurity: people.

Lynn is the Executive Director of Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), where she channels her passion for building a strong cybersecurity workforce into mobilizing the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in the field.

With over two decades of experience, Lynn has become a key strategist, aligning businesses, nonprofits, and grant-funded initiatives to cybersecurity workforce initiatives and goals. Her dedication to advancing women in lucrative cybersecurity careers over the last 16 years has made her an influential voice in shaping the workforce of tomorrow. Lynn’s leadership has established WiCyS as a leading model of how a collaborative, multi-organizational ecosystem approach can strengthen the cybersecurity workforce.

Source: WiCyS page

WiCyS is a global nonprofit community dedicated to recruiting, retaining and advancing women in cybersecurity through mentorship, technical training, professional development, thought leadership, networking and career opportunities.

WiCyS started in 2013 by Dr. Ambareen Siraj through a National Science Foundation grant awarded to Tennessee Tech University. In less than ten short years, it has grown into an organization representing a leading alliance between trailblazers from academia, government and industry.

Dr. Ambareen Siraj is the founder of the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) non-profit organization and serves as a board member in her personal capacity and time. She is a program director at the National Science Foundation. As the Emeritus professor of computer science, she served as the founding director of the Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Outreach Center at Tennessee Tech until June 3, 2022.

Dr. Siraj’s research areas of interest include smart grid security, sensor alert fusion with alert correlation and alert clustering, security metrics, security education and workforce development. She has authored/co- authored more than fifty journal and conference articles in these areas.

She has led National Science Foundation projects including: “Tennessee Cybercorps: A Hybrid Program in Cybersecurity”, “Tennessee Tech Gen-Cyber Camps”, “Capacity Building in Cybersecurity: Broadening Participation of Women in Cybersecurity through Women in Cybersecurity Conference & Professional Development”, “CyberWorkshops: Resources and Strategies for Teaching Cybersecurity in Computer Science”, and “Security Knitting Kit: Integrating Security into Traditional CS Courses”.

Source: WiCyS page