Security News > 2023 > April > Bank rewrote ads for infosec jobs to stop scaring away women
Australia's Westpac bank re-wrote its job ads for infosec roles after finding the language it used deterred female candidates.
The land down under, like most other lands, has a shortage of cyber security professionals.
"We realized our job ads were worded in a way that females deselected because they would look at it literally and think 'Well I don't have five years of that'," said Richard Johnson, the bank's chief information security officer.
Johnson said another recruitment challenge the bank faces is "Removing myths about cyber that it's all about hoodies, and green screen and coders and it's highly technical."
The CISO said he delivers a weekly update to the bank's CEO on infosec matters, and presents to the board each quarter.
"We do things like cyber simulations - not just in the technical layer, but right through the leadership ranks," he said.