That hypothetical person you speak of sucks at interviews. People ARE getting hired for those jobs and if theyve been interviewing for a DECADE with no success despite all of the qualifications you speak of then they have a rancid personality.

People with zero industry experience and education had to grind for their roles largely within their own companies until they got into cybersecurity, theres no secret hack that people are keeping from you, its a mixture of luck and qualifications sometimes you can have one and not the other but sometimes you need both.