Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Announces 5th Annual Security Training Scholarship
Summary
Christine Morency, STS alumnus and now a Senior Cloud Security Specialist at Merck, shared her experience: "WiCyS provided the bridge I needed to transition from physical therapy to the dynamic world of cybersecurity. WiCyS recognizes and celebrates its partners and supporters, whose brands are profiled and shared with an engaged community of over 10,000 global members, 283 student chapters, 70 professional affiliates, and more. Founded by Dr. Ambareen Siraj through a National Science Foundation grant given to Tennessee Tech University in 2013, WiCyS offers opportunities, trainings, events and resources for its community and members. Strategic partners include Tier 1: Akamai Technologies, Amazon, Bloomberg, Carnegie Mellon University – Software Engineering Institute, Cisco, Ford Motor Company, Google, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Optum, Sandia National Laboratories, SentinelOne. He has given more than $300 million in support of veterans and military families, trustworthy journalism and civic engagement campaigns, cyber security education programs, hunger relief, and pigeon rescue.