Data from Cybersecurity Ventures notes there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity positions by 2021. Data from IDG says only 23 percent of IT management respondents noted a cybersecurity skills shortage issue in 2014, that percentage rose year-over-year to 51 percent in 2018. This represents both a growth in the demand for such roles as well as a broader acceptance of cybersecurity as an area of business that requires investment and focus. Theres not enough effort on education to build an understanding of how to properly protect infrastructure and the types of threats that are out in the world today.”]