Women in Cybersecurity: Spanning the Career Life Cycle

In this paper, survey author and SANS instructor Heather Mahalik explores key results of our survey of successful women in varied roles within the cybersecurity community and draws on experiences of such women to provide practical advice to women all along their career life cycle.

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Heather Barnhart

March 16, 2020

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