There is no line for the ladies room. It is not uncommon for the event was attended by thousands but typical in the field of cybersecurity where futuristic images of clashes with the gender gap.
At a meeting of cybersecurity and hackers, females who are clearly in the minority among sea men lining escalators, filling a giant hotel Ballroom and networking in the hallways. (Some men grumble about the lack of women in the event the parties).
While the US Government and the private sector urged to try to beef up cybersecurity efforts, supplying information technology talent remained largely a male domain.
Experts say the lack of women is not so much a problem of discrimination as to the fact that young women don't think cyber as career choices. They attribute to some of the images "geek" didn't pull out of the movie and the girls lack of computer skills early that boys develop by playing video games.
Portrayal in film and television, wear glasses loner nerd with thick, soldering the circuit together, and lived in the basement-as it is surrounded by the computer and eating pizza box may be a hindrance.