{"id":26424,"date":"2020-09-01T14:07:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/01\/claire-the-coder-the-rosie-the-riveter-for-the-cyber-age\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:14:59","slug":"claire-the-coder-the-rosie-the-riveter-for-the-cyber-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/opinion\/2020\/09\/01\/claire-the-coder-the-rosie-the-riveter-for-the-cyber-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire the Coder: The Rosie the Riveter for the cyber age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The cyber workforce is one of the most challenging cybersecurity issues, and one of the key topics the Cyberspace Solarium Commission addressed in its final report<\/a> on developing a new strategy to defend the United States in cyberspace. In its March 2020 report, the commission makes clear that its recommendations rest on the people that will inevitably work to implement them. While demand for cyber talent will grow in the coming years from the current level of more than half a million unfilled jobs<\/a>, the U.S. government and private industry must, as a matter of national and economic security, eliminate the systemic barriers that prevent employers from tapping into women as a source of potential cybersecurity talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The math is simple and points to a clear solution: We must recruit more women<\/a> into cybersecurity. America needs women in the workforce, especially during times of heightened national security challenges. During World War II, Rosie the Riveter<\/a> was crucial to the war effort, maintaining continuity of manufacturing as men deployed to war. The government undertook immense efforts to get women into the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current dearth of cyber talent at a time when the number of cyberattacks continues to increase on a day-to-day basis should encourage the government to embark on a similarly ambitious agenda of enticing women into the cybersecurity workforce to fill these vacancies and strengthen our defenses when and where we need it most<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n