The Opportunities—and Obstacles—for Women at NSA and Cyber Command | WIRED
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WIRED spoke with three women working in cybersecurity in the US intelligence community about the progress of recent years and the work that remains.
Save this story Save this story Working in cybersecurity within the United States intelligence community means navigating a warren of male-dominated fields. Inequalities persist, but three senior-level women at the National Security Agency and Cyber Command offered WIRED rare insights into how those organizations have evolved—and the hard work that remains to be done. NSA and Cyber Command agents are by necessity tight-lipped about the substance of their day-to-day work and specific accomplishments. But in talking about their experiences as women in majority-male fields they could be more cand
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