According to the 2015 Global Cybersecurity Status Report, a huge 90% and 87% of US- and UK-based IT and security professionals testified to there being an international shortage of skilled cyber-security professionals. There are several reasons for this- it is a fairly new profession, and adoption is slow. Not enough academic and professional institutes are teaching it and it is not certain that it is even feasible to quickly to academically train people for such positions which require immense hands-on experience.”]