I have met quiet a few people with no-tech degrees that made it in computer related IT fields. This alone is not an issue, but she hadn’t seem to have much experience in security at all.

A lot of people in security don’t have a degree at all, let alone in computer science. Judging people’s qualifications is much more complicated than just looking at their degree.

You'de be really surprised how irrelevant a major and degree can be - for example I used to work with an engineer who carries a highly technical PhD and required extensive assistance with even the simplest tasks (often hour+ just to understand the ask and then more time on engineering a solution) - and I also had an art major intern who really just wanted to be a dropshipper who devoured any work I gave them and delivered amazing stuff.

Music major CTO here. Jog on.

God forbid our executives be trained in creativity.

As long as you're also trained in IT...

You mean college-trained? Because GP is a CTO, so I guess he has experience. I don't respect the C-suite that much, but I've never seen CTO without solid SWE knowledge.

Most CXOs have extensive experience in their relevant fields. Your retort seems needlessly defensive.

There are different types of creativity. Working in security actually requires a lot of a specific type of imagination/creativity that pretty much isn't used anywhere else.