{"id":640985,"date":"2023-04-24T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/24\/microsoft-wants-to-get-more-women-into-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T10:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:05:27","slug":"microsoft-wants-to-get-more-women-into-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/24\/microsoft-wants-to-get-more-women-into-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft wants to get more women into cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-label=\"article\" data-id=\"YwMVDcdDwAgSCfwJAVvBNc\">\n<header>\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\" aria-label=\"Return to Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\" aria-label=\"Return to News\">News<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\" aria-label=\"Return to Computing\">Computing<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div>\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"Developers\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; 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Countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US are all said to be lacking in skills.<\/p>\n<p>The Cybersecurity Skills Initiative now includes the following countries: Argentia, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>To date, Microsoft claims that the Initiative has helped 400,000 people, including great success in India.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, Microsoft Philanthropies Corporate VP Kate Behncken calls out for help \u00a0and collaboration from governments and both private and educational sectors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not a cybersecurity expert yourself? 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