West Point students Hannah Whisnant and Jayleene Perez spent the last three weeks in a summer internship program at a Silicon Valley startup. West Point is home to the Army Cyber Institute, which was founded in October 2014 as part of the Defense Department’s mandate to build a plan to defend the US against cyberattacks. The program comes at a crucial time for the cybersecurity industry, which has struggled to keep positions filled with skilled professionals. Just 10% of those who do hold a job in cybersecurity, just 10% are women.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/west-point-trains-female-cadets-for-cyber-branch