The number one issue facing cybersecurity firms is a “chronic shortage” of qualified staff. That’s according to the founder of market analyst Cybersecurity Ventures, Steve Morgan. “The single biggest trend, globally, is that there are chronic work shortages of qualified cyber security staff. It’s an absolute epidemic,” Morgan told supply-chain blog Channelnomics. Morgan’s company in 2016 gathered feedback from executives listed highest on the company’s list of 500 top cybersecurity firms, many of whom pointed to the same problem.