Only 9% of cybersecurity workers self-identified as African-American or Black, 8% as Asian, 4% as Hispanic, and 1% as American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. Only 20% of the cybersecurity workforce is female, research has found. Cybersecurity leaders have established initiatives to create a more diverse workforce as well as increase the number and diversity of people entering the field. The issue has become more urgent, and more broadly addressed, as society grapples with longstanding racial inequities.”]

