re: Unexpected source of job growth for Trump - IT sector

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how much education do you need for that

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Ultimately depends on the role you want within it. IT is a like the health industry... a lot of people might be called a "Doctor", but there's a gazillion specializations mixed in with the generalists.

You can aim for a degree. Lower cost ones are at places like WGU, but they presume a level of professional knowledge before you get started. Full fledged degree programs exist in a lot of places.

If you don't want to go full degree route, you're better off getting in the entry level and getting your A+, then working in the IT industry as much as possible, preferably with a mixed IT department (that includes break/fix/helpdesk alongside your networking specialists). Build into networking, as my fellow IT nerd stated, as that's the backbone of it. Network+ is the entry cert for Networking, but there are better ones - aim for Cisco.

Once you get even to entry level of Cyber Security, you're in like flynn. There's so many jobs out there, once you're at that point they're likely to bring you in for on-the-job training. There's a few places that will bring you in earlier, if you're in a big city (NYC, LA, etc) where they might give you 6 months and teach you how to do penetration testing and other forms of White Hat Hacking, though honestly I'm not 100% sure how many of these large shops for this there are still around.