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    Protecting the Financial Sector With
    a Diverse Workforce

     

    Addressing the Cybersecurity Talent Shortage

    A diverse talent pool is fast becoming a business imperative. We need a wide variety of different experiences, skillsets, and ways of thinking in order to stay ahead of nimble and innovative cyber criminals as the financial system evolves.

    Launched in 2016, the Women in Cyber Scholarship is 100 percent funded through the generosity of our members. Through contributing sponsorships, firms provide financial support, mentorship, and potential career opportunities to rising young women pursuing cybersecurity careers in financial services in the United States, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, or Africa.

    Our Women in Cyber Scholarship Program for the 2025-26 Academic Year is now Open

    Since 2016, FS-ISAC members have awarded 170 scholarships and provided deserving students around the world $1.7 million to offset educational expenses. 

    Important program dates for the 2025-26 academic year:

    • Sponsorship inquiries open: 12 September - 20 March 2025
    • Student application open: 20 November - 2 March 2025
    • Scholarship winners notified: 1 May 2025

    Interested in sponsoring? Send an email to scholarship@fsisac.com with the subject line "Scholarship Sponsor Program" to learn more.

    Benefits to Students 

    • Award – $10,000 scholarship for 2025-26 academic year
    • Mentorship – learn about cybersecurity in the financial sector directly from experts in the field
    • Networking – attend FS-ISAC Summit or event in your region (registration, travel and accommodations included)
    • Access – attend cyber exercises hosted by FS-ISAC and powered by Immersive Labs free of charge
    • Membership – complimentary student membership in two organizations that focus on women in tech and cyber - Rewriting the Code and Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS)

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    Benefits to Sponsors

    • Access – meet high achieving women in post-secondary studies
    • Mentorship – help grow promising new talent in the cybersecurity field
    • Development – provide staff opportunity to be mentors and grow professionally
    • Complimentary pass to regional Summit or event for Mentor and Mentee which includes admittance to an invite-only women's networking event

    2024-25 Scholarship Winners

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    Liliana Angel Balogun

    Erika Black

    Aagoon Chakraborty

    Savannah Ciak

    Jacqueline Darwish

    Carina Estrada

    Eniola Farinde

    Kathryn Fitzgerald

    Chelsea Fonou

    Elissa Harika

    Shin Yu Hu

    Hasti Abbasi Kenarsari

    Motunrayo Lawrence

    Breanna Lowery

    Celeste Luo

    Mrudula Mahajan

    Uliana Makarenko

    Priya Malali

    Abigail McAlpine

    Nadia Meyerovich

    Asma Mothana

    Ansley Nats

    Michelle Okeowo

    Rachel Pao

    Sruthi Sathishkumar

    Lavanya Sharma

    Aishwarya Ramesh Tapade

    LeeAnna Townsend

    Rubena Uyeh

    Aishwarya Vinod

    Sarah Wilson

    In Our Winners'
    Words

    Katie Earles, 2022-2023 Winner

    What led you to this career path?

     Books like George Orwell’s 1984, Dave Eggers’ The Circle, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and M.T. Anderson’s Feed launched me into studying cybersecurity and data privacy.

    Monika Kumari, 2020-2021 Winner

    How was your scholarship program experience?

     As an FS-ISAC scholar, I had an unrivalled opportunity to learn from an outstanding network of cybersecurity professionals in real time. My conversations with my mentor helped me gain a new perspective and redefine my future career goals, as well as a path and plan of action. Overall, it was a fantastic experience.

    Jade Meyer, 2022-2023 Winner

    Why do you want to work in cyber?

     From tactical and operational threat intelligence to security awareness, there are seemingly endless opportunities to get involved in defending companies (and their customers) from cyberattacks. The wide variety of fields within cyber, combined with the potential to make genuine, tangible positive impact, excites me most about cybersecurity and encouraged me to pursue this field.

    Betta Lyon Delsordo, 2022-2023 Winner

    What led you to this career path?

     My first exposure to cybersecurity was through making websites for entrepreneurial women in Montana. Though I started out as just a web developer, I soon had to learn to protect their websites from online threats. Armed with the mission to learn it all, I taught myself how to hack, took every course my university offered in cybersecurity, and secured an internship with a pentesting firm. I know quite a bit more about cyber than I did then, but I still have a hunger to learn even better ways to keep people safe online.

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