A driving force behind the cybersecurity skill shortage might be unrealistic expectations of the higher education system, The Hill reports. According to a Center for Strategic and International Studies/Intel report, only 7% of the top universities across a sampling of major nations had bachelor’s programs in cybersecurity. Yet 70% of cybersecurity jobs in the United States require a bachelor’s degree as a minimum requirement. The report emphasizes that replacing degree requirements with third-party certifications, hacking competitions and other ways of proving coding mettle outside the academy might quickly bridge the skills gap.