Women in CyberSecurity - WiCyS

Women in CyberSecurity - WiCyS WiCyS is an effort to build a community of women (students/faculty/researchers/professionals) in cybersecurity from academia, research and industry.

Through the WiCyS community and activities, we expect to raise awareness about the importance and nature of cybersecurity careers. We hope to generate interest among students to consider cybersecurity as a viable and promising career option.

| With support from National Science Foundation, Award #1303441 (Capacity Building in Cybersecurity: Broadening Participation of Women In Cybersecurity throu

gh the Women in Cybersecurity Conference and Professional Development), WiCyS is an effort to bring together women (students/faculty/researchers/professionals) in cybersecurity from academia, research and industry for sharing of knowledge/experience, networking and mentoring. Any individual or organization interested in recruitment/retention of women in this field and/or diversification of their cybersecurity workforce is especially encouraged to get involved.

Ready to level up your malware analysis skills?The WiCyS Cyber Competency Builder, powered by Just Hacking Training, is ...
08/24/2026

Ready to level up your malware analysis skills?

The WiCyS Cyber Competency Builder, powered by Just Hacking Training, is back with Course 2: Script-Based Malware Analysis. Designed for aspiring and experienced cybersecurity professionals alike, this free member benefit will help you analyze script-based threats, understand malicious behavior, and strengthen your defensive skill set.

📅 Course: August 31 – September 28, 2026
⏰ Registration closes: August 28, 2026
💜 Free for WiCyS members in good standing

Please note: Registration for Course 2 is separate from Course 1. If you completed the first course, you'll still need to apply to join this cohort.

Learn more and register: https://www.wicys.org/benefits/the-cyber-competency-builder-with-just-hacking-training/

What if threat modeling could be automated without losing the context and analysis that make it effective?Join WiCyS for...
08/20/2026

What if threat modeling could be automated without losing the context and analysis that make it effective?

Join WiCyS for a closer look at how Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables intelligent agents to understand system context, analyze threat landscapes, and automate workflows that traditionally require jumping between spreadsheets, wikis, and threat databases.

You'll see:
🔹 Where traditional threat modeling workflows create friction
🔹 How MCP-powered agents can understand and act on context
🔹 A live demo comparing agent-driven and manual threat modeling

Whether you're a security architect, engineer, or platform builder, this session offers a look at the future of intelligent security automation.

WiCyS members can also earn CPE/CEU credits by attending live and meeting the applicable attendance requirements.

Can't join live? Register anyway to receive the recording.

Register: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/17216/674391?utm_source=WiCySWomeninCyberSecurity&utm_medium=brighttalk&utm_campaign=674391

Sisterhood of the Traveling Packets is officially closed. The final flag was flare{pantal0n3s_g0t_pantsed_2026}. Some th...
08/20/2026

Sisterhood of the Traveling Packets is officially closed. The final flag was flare{pantal0n3s_g0t_pantsed_2026}.

Some things just fit together, and this community proved it. Thank you to everyone who logged in, dug through the leak site, and turned the hunters into the hunted this week.
Whether you cracked the flag in ten minutes or spent all three days chasing it down, you were part of something built to make cybersecurity feel a little more accessible for the next person too.

Congratulations to our top three winners and to everyone who claimed a shirt, wear it well. You earned it.

Thank you to SANS and WiCyS for building this with us. Here's to the next one.

Think back to the mentor, the opportunity, or the connection that helped you get to where you are today. In cybersecurit...
08/19/2026

Think back to the mentor, the opportunity, or the connection that helped you get to where you are today. In cybersecurity, community changes everything. 🤝

Since 2014, WiCyS has awarded annual conference scholarships to more than 5,000 recipients, breaking down financial barriers and launching real careers.

If you are established in your career and want to see a more diverse, robust future for cybersecurity, we invite you to pay it forward. Let’s open the door together.

Learn how you can contribute to this life-changing work: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/women-in-cybersecurity-wicys/fund-a-wicys-scholarship

Heads up, Sisterhood.We've officially claimed all 250 t-shirts, that's how fast this community moves.But the challenge i...
08/18/2026

Heads up, Sisterhood.

We've officially claimed all 250 t-shirts, that's how fast this community moves.

But the challenge isn't over. Sisterhood of the Traveling Packets is live through August 19, and there's still a flag waiting to be found. Jump in, out-hack the ransomware collective, and claim your bragging rights.

We'll be revealing the flag on our socials after the challenge closes on the 19th, so if you don't get there first, stick around to see how it all played out.

Sign Up and grab your flag: https://forms.wicys.org/zohodocs1545/form/FlarexWiCySCTF2026/formperma/qXgVqwzo1aOl53aDwB9cU1z9hrovwku5NSg9BY8wMAo

What happens when a cyber incident becomes a business crisis?In the WiCyS SANS Introductory Cyber Crisis Exercise, parti...
08/18/2026

What happens when a cyber incident becomes a business crisis?

In the WiCyS SANS Introductory Cyber Crisis Exercise, participants will step into a realistic, evolving cyber incident and make critical decisions as new challenges emerge.

This 90-minute virtual exercise gives organizational leaders and cybersecurity professionals the opportunity to:

• Practice executive decision-making under pressure
• Pressure-test incident response and crisis management plans
• Navigate legal, regulatory, technical and communications challenges
• Collaborate with peers across organizations
• Identify opportunities to strengthen organizational preparedness
• Earn 2 CPE credits for attending the full session

Cybersecurity is an enterprise-wide risk. The best time to test your organization's readiness is before an incident happens.

Apply to participate: https://ow.ly/bneK50Zy0J3

It's live. Sisterhood of the Traveling Packets is here.A careless ransomware collective got sloppy. Now it's your turn t...
08/17/2026

It's live. Sisterhood of the Traveling Packets is here.

A careless ransomware collective got sloppy. Now it's your turn to expose their OPSEC failures through forensics, exploitation, and decoding. Turn the hunters into the hunted.

Flare, SANS Institute, and Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) built this CTF for anyone with the Tor browser and an hour to spare. Beginner-friendly, fully browser-based, no paid tools or prior CTF experience required.

🗓️ Live now through August 19

The rules:
🔹 Find the hidden flag to unlock your reward.
🔹Once you've found the flag, redeem your sisterhood shirt at merch.flare.io.
🔹The flag is also the discount code you'll enter at checkout. Flag format: flare{...}.
🔹Only claim one shirt.
🔹Sharing solutions or write-ups with others is not permitted while the challenge is active.

Prizes:
👕 First 250 solvers earn this exact Sisterhood of the Traveling Packets t-shirt
🏆 First 3 solvers win a SANS course on-demand + an annual WiCyS membership (if not already a member)

Grab your flag and join the Sisterhood: http://b3u42lmdurcyqieiox3o3ns2c2rst6doyyjnwfuirr7bnewt53gke7yd.onion/

Think you can out-hack a ransomware collective? Now's your chance.Coming August 17, Flare and SANS Institute are teaming...
08/13/2026

Think you can out-hack a ransomware collective? Now's your chance.
Coming August 17, Flare and SANS Institute are teaming up with Women in CyberSecurity - WiCyS to bring you a beginner-friendly CTF. All you need is the Tor browser, no paid tools, no prior CTF experience required.

In Sisterhood of the Traveling Packets, you'll infiltrate a careless ransomware collective's dark web leak site and expose their OPSEC failures through forensics, exploitation, and decoding. Time to turn the hunters into the hunted.
What's in it for you:

🎯 Fully browser-based challenge, running August 17-19
👕 First 250 solvers get a Sisterhood of the Traveling Packets t-shirt
🏆 First 3 solvers win a SANS course on-demand + an annual WiCyS membership (if not already a member)

🔗 Sign-ups are open: https://www.wicys.org/benefits/capture-the-flag/

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