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This discussion will aim to explore authority issues connected to men/women in cyber particularly during the onboarding process and regarding retention. We will aim to explore:
who people in cyber look to as authority figures in cyber today
examine whether there may be any pre-programmed biases in the sector in prioritising male authority figures;
how this is reflected in sector-specific literature - the citation and reference to female voices,
whether there is a relationship between these ideas around authority and the confidence/competence debate,
how this dichotomy in turn impacts communication between female hires and their managers during the recruitment process,
how women feel being managed by other women as well as by men,
whether/how these ideas and dynamics work differently in new start-up business models than in established business hierarchies.