There has been much discussion and rightful concern expressed over the years about how technology fields broadly, and the cybersecurity industry in particular, are lagging when it comes to workforce diversity. Too often, though, we look at this shortcoming as a problem that the private sector alone must rectify. The reality is addressing workforce diversity is too large of a challenge for it to fall on any one group or sector. Instead, the public sector, private sector and non-profit industry associations should work together to make the type of collective impact that is needed to turn so many people’s good intentions into action.
