Cybersecurity awareness firm KnowBe4 Africa has released the results of their latest survey titled the 2022 KnowBe4 Women’s Day Survey, gaining insights from more than 200 women from across the technology industry in South Africa.
Around 28% of women cited discrimination as an inhibitor to work, 31% highlighted sexism, and 33% felt that they were not taken seriously enough in the industry. In this section, none of the participants selected the option “It’s a male-dominated industry and I wanted to show that women can also dominate any industry” nor did they select “I didn’t know what career to choose”.
Collard adds that there also needs to be a concerted effort to make the technology and cyber security professions more enticing to young women and girls.KnowBe4’s survey found that nearly 60% of respondents felt that science, technology, engineering and maths needs to become available to girls earlier in their school curriculum, and 51% believe that cybersecurity needs to become more accessible as a whole.