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The original post: /r/cybersecurity by /u/WaveHacker on 2025-06-25 17:58:20.

I ran across an interesting statistic.

Only about 4.3 million Americans have Secret Clearance and of that, only 1.3 million have Top Secret.

So the question of “who the hell are these companies hiring” popped into my head because these numbers mean not many people have a clearance, let alone in InfoSec.

For example, this number could or could not include Military, and the boat load of the other non-IT/ IS jobs that require clearances to work.

So it begs the question, who are these companies hiring if they are requiring active clearances? Are they just sniping each others employees? Are the willing to train non-IT/IS people because of the clearance?

Thought a lot of you smart people here could share some of your thoughts & maybe even validate my feelings lol.

Apologies if this has been discussed previously, I did not find the thread.

EDIT: The reason I ask is because in my area, there are nothing but contractors requiring active Secret & TS clearances for most IS roles. If none are willing to sponsor, how and who do they hire all the time.

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