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University of Queensland is hacking through perceptions that cybersecurity is a ‘man’s game’
Australia’s cybersecurity experts are aiming to tackle an issue plaguing the industry worldwide — the perception that what they do is a “boy thing”.
Key points:
- Australia’s cybersecurity industry has a workforce that is 90 per cent male
- Georgia Brady is one of the first UQ Women in Cyber Security scholarship recipients
- Expert Ryan Ko says cybersecurity needs to evolve to meet growing global threats
Queensland University of Technology computer science graduate Georgia Brady is painfully aware of the gender imbalance.
“The cybersecurity industry is still very much a man’s game because that’s the way it’s been, but programs like this are helping change that,” she said.
The 21-year-old from Toowoomba is one of five students awarded a Women in…
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