About Us

The purpose of the WMC WG is to discuss and research the issues associated with the inclusion and advancement of women and minorities in the Cyber Security field.

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Who We Are

Steering Committee Members (organizers)

Dr. Rose Shumba, Associate Vice Dean for Cyber Security and Information Assurance Department, UMUC, and Chair of the WG.
Carol Taylor, Chair of Computer Science Department, Eastern Washington University,
Dr. Guy-Alain Amossou, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Bowie University, MD.
Corrinne Sande Whatcom Community College, WA (Vice Chair
Deanne Wesley, Forsyth Technical Community College
Karlyn Barilovits, Dean, Walden University
Rebecca Bace, University of South Alabama and CEO and President of Infidel Inc.
William Oblitey, Indiana University of PA
Masooda Bashir, The iSchool at Illinois, IL

Our History

Founded in 20112 as  a 2013 ACM Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) conference WG, NSF funded travel to Kent for all WG members.Since 2012, hosted meetings at several Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE) conferences and the NSA CAE Community meetings.
The working group hosts workshops for women and minorities in cyber security. The goal of these  workshops is to contribute towards increasing the number of qualified cyber security workers produced by community colleges and four year institutions by targeting women and minorities in cyber security.