Online war games were held which pitted the active-duty cyber-warriors against the armys reservists and the outcome was not good.

Said one Capitol Hill staffer: "The active-duty team didn’t even know how they’d been attacked. They were pretty much obliterated."

While the military is ploughing billions into cyber-warrior training, it's only to be expected that people working outside the military have more infosec experience than those in the armed forces, and be more aware of the very latest defense and offense techniques.

FBI Director James Comey came under fire when he stated that the agency must consider relaxing its drug testing rules and other recruitment policies if it's to get the best online security talent.

He said: “I have to hire a great workforce to compete with those cyber-criminals and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview.”

He later rescinded his comments, saying he was joking.

Unfortunately, there is a ring of truth to the statement.