Cyber 5W Scholars
Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) is proud to celebrate the success of our partnership with Cyber 5W, which provided 10 scholarships for hands-on cybersecurity training to the WISP community.
As part of our ongoing mission to advance women and underrepresented professionals in the fields of security and privacy, this collaboration brought world-class, skills-based learning directly to those eager to take the next step in their careers.
🧠 The Training Opportunity
Through this partnership, selected scholars received full scholarships to Cyber 5W’s intensive, career-building courses:
🛡️ 5 recipients completed the C5W Malware Analysis Course
🔍 5 recipients completed the C5W Digital Forensic Analysis Course
These programs gave participants the chance to develop highly sought-after technical skills through guided labs, real-world scenarios, and practical exercises in malware detection and forensic investigation.
🌟 Why It Matters
Cybersecurity is evolving fast—and so must the professionals who protect our systems and data. By offering technical, experience-based training, WISP and Cyber 5W helped empower a new group of rising professionals with the knowledge and confidence to thrive in high-impact roles. Read some reflections from a few of our scholars below.
Again thank you to Cyber 5W for supporting WISP’s mission and commitment to breaking down barriers to career advancement and ensuring that more voices are represented in cybersecurity.
Looking Ahead
We’re excited to continue creating partnerships like this to provide meaningful, career-accelerating opportunities to our community. If you're interested in future scholarships, events, or training programs, be sure to:
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Katy Senia
Katy is excited to delve into Windows artifacts and registry forensics, explore file carving techniques, and master the KAPE (Kroll Artifact Parser and Extractor) tool for rapidly extracting key artifacts from compromised systems.
Emmanuella Seyram Zah
@nuella_the_girl
Emmanuella is excited to build upon her incident response techniques, forensic data analysis, and malware investigation skills through the WISP Cyber5W digital forensics scholarship.
Lauren
Lauren is excited to sharpen her cybersecurity skillsets by gaining hands-on experience with analysis tools used in dissecting & understanding real-world malware to prevent attacks and mitigate complex threats.
Cheryl Dawson
Cheryl is excited to learn how to analyze and understand malicious software including reverse engineering, PE analysis, and reporting.
M.M
M.M is excited to learn about Malware Analysis, and more about Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and how to use tools such as Ghidra and IDA Pro.
