Women in Cybersecurity: We Get What We Tolerate

Women in cybersecurity aren’t just battling digital threats—they’re also fighting outdated workplace norms, implicit biases, and the constant expectation of balancing leadership with caregiving. The cybersecurity industry remains male-dominated, and despite progress, many female professionals still find themselves burdened with additional challenges their male counterparts rarely face. Cybersecurity expert and author Jane Frankland put it bluntly in a recent conversation on the Thales Security Sessions podcast The Cybersecurity Gender Gap: Hard Truths and Bold Solutions: “We get what we tolerate.” It’s a powerful statement that calls for action. If women in cybersecurity continue to accept inequitable workloads, biased leadership structures, and a lack of visibility in leadership, change will remain out of reach. A Cybersecurity Crisis Beyond Threat Actors The pressure of working in cybersecurity is immense, regardless of gender. Security teams operate in a relentless environment, i ... Read full article.