Progress despite inequities

摘要

For SC Magazine's inaugural Women in IT Security edition last year, I shared why we decided to launch this annual special. I explained then that while some of our industry contacts might have contended that dedicating close-to-an-entire edition on women professionals in this field may actually widen a gulf of inequality, my editorial team and I disagreed. We still do. Although we continue making some headway toward embracing a diverse workforce in the IT security field, we're still far from fully realizing this end. And, that not only goes for the information security marketplace but also for most, if not just about all, industries. The difference is that information technology fields generally see fewer women.