Security News > 2024 > April > Women in Cybersecurity: ISC2 Survey Shows Pay Gap and Benefits of Inclusive Teams

Only 17% of respondents to the ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study were women, showing a continued struggle for workplaces to recruit and retain women in this industry.

Notably, women reported more women on their teams: 30% of women said there were other women on their teams, as opposed to 22% of men.

ISC2 said this suggests women tend to work at organizations with other women on the team.

Figure A. Cloud services, automotive and construction sectors reported the highest percentage of women on their teams, but that number isn't much higher than the sectors with the fewest percentage of women on their teams, which are the military and utilities sectors at 20%. Cybersecurity salaries show gender discrepancies.

Cybersecurity salaries are slightly higher for men than for women, averaging $148,035 for men and $141,066 for women in the U.S., or $115,003 for men and $109,609 for women globally.

Women report fewer cybersecurity staffing shortages at their jobs compared to men, from which ISC2 concluded that organizations that successfully attract diverse candidates solve their staffing problems slightly more effectively.

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