More and more women are breaking into the cyber security field. Cybersecurity has been dominated by men in the field for decades. Women are more collaborative in nature, more communicative, says ThreatConnect’s Toni Gidwani. Women tend to feel that they are not really an expert, that they’re unqualified, she says. Women need mentors that are both male and female, but there are different challenges that women have to navigate, she adds. The industry needs to reflect the quality of talent–not men or women–available to do the work.”]

