[5][6][7] Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) was founded in 2013 by Ambareen Siraj[8] from Tennessee Tech University through funding from the National Science Foundation.
WiCyS is working to improve the pipeline in the cybersecurity workforce and it does so through numerous initiatives supported by Strategic Partners and more than 500 volunteers.
[21][22] In 2024 the conference grew to over 1,900 attendees and was sponsored by Bloomberg, Fortinet, Raytheon Technologies, Optum, Amazon Web Services, Google, Cisco, Deloitte, SentinelOne, GE, Carnegie Mellon University, National Security Agency and many more.
The organization continues to gain support from notable names in technology as additional companies choose to commit to solving the cybersecurity workforce challenges.
At least one Chapter representative is awarded a student scholarship to attend the WiCyS Annual Conference each year.