HBCUs are working to drive more diverse talent to cybersecurity

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In an ever-expanding digital world, cybersecurity is a field bursting with opportunity. But is that opportunity being extended to everyone?

Despite the growing need for a secure digital workforce, nearly 600,000 cybersecurity jobs remain unfilled across the United States, according to cybersecurity insights platform Cyberseek. And the existing population is not only dwindling, but lacking diversity — only 9% of the cybersecurity workforce self-identifies as Black, according to data from the Aspen Institute.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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