John Boling is a security veteran who followed his own path to success. He started on the front lines supporting MS-DOS and Windows before completing degrees from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the National Intelligence University. Boling: “There is only one, I repeat 1, reason to spend time in graduate school focused on security principals for technology: You have a passion for it!!! Boling disagreed with a blog post suggesting the solution to our shortage was higher educated and advanced degrees. Our resulting discussion shares insights important for security leaders to consider.”]