在我们庆祝国际妇女节之际, it is a great time to look back on an important moment from last month in our ongoing drive to build a more inclusive and accessible digital world.
2月2日, 来自ISACA基金会的工作人员, presented to the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) on best practices to affect Diversity, 股本, 包容, and Accessibility (DEIA) as the United States works to address the cyber workforce gap. To be able to write that sentence less than three years after our launch signals that ISACA基金会 is truly living its purpose to remove barriers and ensure digital trust professions are accessible for all. 同样令人印象深刻的, this opportunity was born of a collaborative effort among ISACA chapters, 学术界, NPOs and corporate partners that recognized ISACA基金会’s mission and expertise as valuable contributions to the ONCD’s initiative.
ISACA Global Government Affairs and Public Affairs Director Emily Bastedo first informed ISACA基金会 of the opportunity to share our input with the White House. 从那里, ISACA基金会, 与罗恩·李尔合作, ISACA副主席, 模型和框架, 精心设计我们的回应, 涉及四个具体领域:
- Best practices relating to DEIA that are uniquely applicable to underrepresented populations and veterans
- 全澳门赌场官方下载的挑战, 包括代表性不足的澳门赌场官方下载, 这可能会抑制网络教育, 培训, 或者提高意识的努力
- Best practices to overcome cost and other barriers to an education and 培训 in cyber and related fields
- Best practices to ensure graduates of programs in cybersecurity are fully prepared for work in the field
After submitting our written responses in November 2022, ISACA基金会 was selected to present at a stakeholder meeting held virtually by representatives from the ONCD. ISACA基金会 was one of six stakeholders chosen to present out of a total of 28 respondents to the RFI.
Ginger and I presented our recommendations for best practices, 强调潜在的挑战和解决方案, and shared ISACA基金会’s collaborative model as an example of global impact. It was an honor to be “at the table” with other leaders in the DEIA-focused cyber community. 只有三岁, our foundation was already in the mix of stakeholders informing government action. Along with the information and insight we shared, the experience of contributing at a federal level among the other experts validated our expertise and scope of impact.
我们展示了什么? 非常好的问题! We did not want to repeat the written information provided in the RFI response as we sought to have a deeper conversation. Our presentation highlighted ISACA基金会’s programs and services as potential models of practice as we felt it critical to provide tangible examples and program designs. We talked the talk, and this was our opportunity to showcase how we walk the walk. 我们分享:
- An overview of ISACA基金会’s extremely successful scholarship program piloted in 2022
- ISACA基金会 and ISACA’s recent collaboration with the CAT foundation to establish the ISACA Digital Trust Workforce 包容 Program that trains, 认证, and provides pathways to place underrepresented and untapped talent in the IT workforce
- An overview of the newly revamped SheLeadsTech Toolkit Suite that allows ISACA chapters to broaden their reach and ensure the movement to build gender diversity, 股本, 包容具有全球影响
- A first look at the SheLeadsTech Leadership Academy (slated for late-2023 pilot), a program to accelerate the careers of women in digital trust
这一天的影响是显而易见的. ISACA基金会 made its mark – dare I say, planted a flag. 我们所做的工作是有效的. This is especially encouraging when it seems DEIA efforts in general are becoming stagnant and reduced to mere buzzwords with little action.
We sincerely appreciate the Office of the National Cyber Director for the opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to DEIA in closing the cyber workforce gap and look forward to further engagement. In the meantime, we stay the course, more emboldened and resolved than ever to make change happen. 请访问 ISACA基金会 to find out how you can help realize our vision of a diverse and inclusive global community of digital trust professionals.
