Eric Cole recently published a piece called  The CyberTalent Lie  that is worth reading. His argument is that the persistent industry narrative about a cybersecurity talent shortage has become a cover story for avoidable strategic failures in how organizations recruit, develop, evaluate, and retain security professionals. He's right. Organizations have systematically eliminated entry-level positions , leaned on certification filters that exclude strong candidates, treated compensation as the lever for retention when exit data points to culture and mission, and excluded security leaders from the strategic conversations where their authority would matter most. His five-step rebuild -- audit credential inflation, restore early-career pathways, conduct honest exit analysis, elevate strategic positioning, protect the learning budget -- is the right prescription for the problem he diagnoses. The problem Eric describes is the 'supply-side' talent problem for the people who do se...