A recent ISACA report, “Breaking Gender Barriers”, workplace bias is both real and endemic. Women only comprise 11 percent of the global information security workforce, said the EWF study. Women in the information security industry earn a lower annual salary than their male counterparts at every level. Yet, when I talk with women in the industry, most acknowledge they know it’s out there, but it’s never happened to them personally. Women who are highly qualified and well educated still deal with having to prove themselves.”]