On May 11 Women4Cyber unit in Lithuania held its first virtual meeting and a discussion on female involvement in the area of cybersecurity.
Secretary General of the European Cyber Security Organisation (ESCO) and the Women4Cyber Foundation greeted the participants and underscored the enormous demand for specialists in the sector of cybersecurity, so a higher involvement of women in the area could not only solve gender equality issues but also increase competitiveness of this area of expertise.
“It is customary to associate cybersecurity and IT with male experts, however, the role of women in the area is very important. We can see women in both, public and private sectors, that have such positions as cybersecurity representative or head of an IT unit. As a father of four daughters, I believe in equal opportunity, so I congratulate Women4Cyber Lithuania on your opening and I wish it to encourage even more women and girls to try their abilities and demonstrate professional skills in the area of cybersecurity,” said Vice Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius to the participants of the meeting.
“We have just started, therefore we invite everyone, women and men, to join our initiative, so that we spread the message of job opportunities in cybersecurity more widely, share examples of the career women of different age have made, and encourage a more active involvement of women of different age groups in the area of cybersecurity,” Women4Cyber Lithuania Coordinator Inga Žukauskienė says.
Lithuania is the seventh country to join the Europe non-profit initiative Women4Cyber Foundation. According to data of different studies, approx. 11–25% of people working in the area of cybersecurity worldwide are women.
