14 DAY TRIAL // Women in tech is currently a hot topic, a pressing issue that's been in the media's attention for some years now. With various scandals erupting once in a while, there's an overall opinion that women have no place in tech, and more often, that they're not even welcomed near anything that remotely resembles something that was built using electrical wiring or programming code.
In their annual industry survey, the (ISC)² Foundation tried to find out how many women are currently involved with the InfoSec community. While the results are quite discouraging and pathetic, with only 10% of the InfoSec workforce being women, the same figure as in the last two years, the survey comes with a positive side as well.
Even if there are a lot more men in the industry, women usually have higher degrees, with 58% of them holding a Masters Degree or Doctorate, while only 47% of the men in similar leadership positions have the same diplomas.
The study has also found out that women are the majority in the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) sector, where one in five professionals is a woman, while only one in eight CRG professionals is a man.
Of course, the issue with salaries still remains, as women, just like in almost any other profession, are underpaid compared to men when working similar jobs. As it turns out, women earn 4.7% less than men, meaning $115,779 versus $121,513 (€102,774 versus €107,864).
The Women in Security survey can be studied in depth via this PDF file.