Female representation in technology is in a tough spot: More than half (56%) of women who participated in a new ISACA survey point to a lack of female role models as the primary reason for underrepresentation of women in tech jobs. At the same time, pay disparity, career growth, and other systemic issues keep women from staying in their jobs and moving up in the ranks.
The process of bringing more women into technology moves slowly, but it is happening. An (ISC)² study published earlier this year found women made up 24% of its cybersecurity respondents, up from 11% in 2017. Women proportionately fill more leadership roles and are higher-ranking: 11% of women report to the vice president of IT, compared with 6% of men.
ISACA recently polled more than 3,500 IT governance, risk, assurance, and security professionals as part of its new report "Tech Workforce 2020: The Age and Gender Perception Gap." Twenty-two percent of respondents are in a cybersecurity role. Most agree women are underrepresented in tech roles around the world; however, men and women differ on why.
"The women in security who were surveyed for this project said the top barrier to women entering the tech industry is that most information technology role models and leaders are male," says Melody Balcet, director of The AES Corporation's Global Cybersecurity Program and former president of the ISACA Greater Washington, DC, chapter.
There are several potential root causes for the imbalance of men and women in technology, says Balcet. Lack of female role models is a key is ..
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