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22 Aug Women Know Cyber: Inspiring Stories On Social Media

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This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine

Sausalito, Calif. – Aug. 22, 2025

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@WomenKnowCyber on X, curated by Cybercrime Magazine Deputy Editor Amanda Glassner with assistance from Media Coordinator Taylor Fox, is chock full of inspiring stories, people, and resources. Here’s 10 posts that are our editors’ favorites this summer:

Naadiya Moosajee has empowered 150,000+ women in STEM through WomHub, now expanding with AI-driven funding and a cybersecurity spinoff, Cybherfence;

Stacey Lokey-Day went from being a stay-at-home mom to a six-figure cybersecurity analyst;

Women across Africa are redefining cybersecurity with empathy, innovation, and inclusion, proving that diverse minds are key to stronger digital defense;

The EU Delegation in Panama welcomed five girls for CyberWizards 2025, a cybersecurity camp in Estonia for 13–16-year-olds with no coding experience;

Over 60 women in Tagoloan and Villanueva completed training in financial literacy and cybersecurity through the Elevate AIDA program;

Piyush Goyal inaugurated the DSCI Advanced Cyber Skill Centre in Mumbai’s Kandivali to train youth and women in cybersecurity and boost digital empowerment;

A new campaign has been launched to inspire more women and girls to consider careers in cybersecurity in Scotland;

The HCCC Cybersecurity Mentoring Program won the 2025 “Inspiring Program in STEM” Award from Insight Into Academia for boosting women’s participation in cybersecurity;

To celebrate International Day of Girls in ICT, the cybersecurity event “SHEcurity conference & Hackathon 2025” was organized by the University of Pristina;

BlackBerry expands CCOE Curriculum with free cybersecurity training for women, students, and low-access communities, making a more inclusive cyber workforce.

Read more @WomenKnowCyber on X.

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