After all of the fuss over the lack of the male perspective following your similar article onthis issue from the female side, Iam surprised by the notable lack of comments onthis particular piece (I realize that this was written some time ago).
Note that this does not, by any means, lead to the conclusion that all men are better at coding or engineering than all women (I am fully in touch with my feminine sideonthis very point).
"I am in fear of my life from people like this who are on my side of the argument, " as well as from extremists "from the ultra-left, " Mr. Gilchrist said.
My own estimate is that there are about 10, 000 white hat security researchers working full time to counter malware (100 vendors X 50 average and double that for independents.) Iam still working on an estimate of the number arrayed on the other side of this battle ground.