WiCyS UKI Affiliate and ThinkCyber Announce Official Partnership

Published: 25th October 2023
 

Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) UK & Ireland Affiliate is delighted to announce a new strategic partnership with ThinkCyber Security Ltd., a cybersecurity firm specialising in delivering measurable behaviour change for their customers, empowering people to protect themselves against cyber threats.

The collaboration between WiCyS UKI and ThinkCyber aims to provide support for WiCyS operational and marketing costs, helping WiCyS UKI to continue furthering its mission; to build a strong gender-diverse cybersecurity workforce by facilitating the recruitment, retention and advancement of women and non-binary individuals in the field.

“We are delighted to be able to support the incredible work WiCyS does in this way, helping them to continue to get their message and support out there in the industry. We are lucky to be able to work in a more gender balanced part of the industry, in addressing ‘the human factor’, and see first-hand the benefit that diversity brings.” said Tim Ward, CEO & Co-founder of ThinkCyber.

“WiCyS UKI are excited to partner with ThinkCyber, who are doing fantastic work in the industry to drive forward human-focused cultural change. Both our organisations are people-centered, which will undoubtedly make for a fantastic partnership. It’s great that ThinkCyber can reap the benefits of having a gender balanced team, whilst continuing to support us in our mission to drive wider change across the sector as a whole” said Zoe Mackenzie, Co-President of WiCyS UKI Affiliate.

About WiCyS:

Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) is a non-profit organisation with a mission to recruit, retain, and advance women in the cyber security field. They unite local communities of aspiring and thriving women cybersecurity professionals across the world to collaborate, share their knowledge, network and mentor, and create opportunities through professional development programs, conferences, career fairs and more.

About ThinkCyber:

ThinkCyber Security deliver measurable secure behaviour change for their customers.

The company’s multi-award winning Redflags® Real-time Security Awareness product applies behavioural and learning science theory to deliver context-sensitive, just-in-time guidance. For example, when users are about to click links, upload data, enter their credentials, handle attachments, etc.

Redflags® offers the toolkit organisations need to: manage operational risk from cyber-attacks directed at staff; meet compliance goals; keep content refreshed and relevant; measurably target specific behaviours and users; all whilst allowing staff to get on with their jobs, to achieve business goals.