Scholarships for Women Studying InfoSec

The SWSIS competition isn't possible without volunteers, especially the team from @CRAtweets . And thanks in particular to Rebecca Wright at @BarnardCollege for her leadership of the selection team!

Thanks very much to @LutaSecurity for generous support for SWSIS scholarships! Individual and corporate donors welcome to help grow this program!

#9: Congratulations to 2023-24 SWSIS Scholar Nimra Khan! She's a Math & Computer Science major @LoyolaChicago, graduating Dec 2023. She is interested in data privacy and the implications of AI on cybersecurity.

#8: Congratulations 2023-24 SWSIS Scholar Laurynn-Renee Caldwell. Undergrad @uofcincy interested in cybersecurity. After graduation, planning on pursuing her graduate degree and a career in penetration testing.

#7: Congratulations 2023-24 SWSIS Scholar @KatherineIz! CSE Master’s student @UCSanDiego researching how to protect users and enterprises from data breaches. After graduation, she will be pursuing a PhD in cybersecurity and plans to become a professor.

Congratulations 2023-24 SWSIS Scholar Isabelle Brown! Isabelle is a graduate student at the @UofAlabama studying Computer Science. She is interested in the areas of encryption algorithms and using machine learning to detect and protect against malware attacks.

#5: Congratulations 2023-24 SWSIS Scholar @cyb3rvalkyrie. Undergrad Cyber Operations and Network & Security Administration double major at @DakotaState, interested in offensive cybersecurity and research. After graduation, will pursue an MS while working in #infosec industry.

#4: Congratulations 2023-24 SWSIS Scholar @itzelsyyy undergrad student at @uc_cech, @uofcincy. Seeks to inspire other underrepresented students to improve diversity in Information Security. Post graduation hopes to work on an Information Security team, defense or preventative.

#3: Congratulations 2023-24 SWSIS Scholar, Tatiana Argueta, Grad Student @GeorgiaTech interested in Human-Computer Interaction & effects of Quantum Computing in Cybersecurity. Post graduation, will grad school & conducting research in CS and volunteering in mentorship programs.

#2: Congratulations to @SWSISSec scholarship recipient Antoinette Dickens, Cyber Fellow grad student @NYUTandon studying Cybersecurity; passionate about mentoring women and other underrepresented groups in Computing Sciences, especially from underprivileged backgrounds.

#1: Congratulations 2023-24 SWSIS Scholar Bryn Shunney @bshunney. She is a @wvustatler @lcseewvu undergrad at @WestVirginiaU who is interested in cloud security and biometric authentication. After graduation, she plans on going straight into industry work.

This year we're pleased to have 15 SWSIS scholars - bios for 9 of them in this thread (for privacy reasons, the other 6 not on Twitter, but will be listed on swsis.org).

SWSIS is thrilled to announce 15 #scholarship award winners for 2023-24. Thanks to @BankofAmerica , @LutaSecurity , @netflix , and @laparisa for sponsorship!

Announcing the new PrinSWSIS scholarship supported by @laparisa, for a woman studying computer security, challenging the stereotypes, and helping redefine what it means to be a princess. More details at swsis.org; click on Parisa Tabriz PrinSWSIS Scholarship 👸

SWSIS is thrilled to support these great students!

Two @swsissec scholars talk about how they came to cybersecurity, and what's next for them.