So what am I getting at? It’s really simple. Cybersecurity experts choose to do good things, and I would say most choose to do good things. Some, however, choose to do bad things. I’m not saying cybersecurity experts are superheroes, but I will say they do have a pretty good idea of how cybervillains think. Here we are in the year 2021, and it’s a good year for, “I told you so,” among cyber professionals. Thankfully rather than being difficult about things, professionals have been doing this long enough to act professionally. This is the year where all those predictions are coming true. This is the year where that obscure attack vector that the guy with the weird haircut you saw at DEFCON happens. Remember, in the evil universe there is someone with perhaps a different haircut and a Bitcoin account being offered a lot of money to prove that the attack vector works. Good luck trying to figure out what made him or her choose a life of crime in an age where some choose to believe they are just “sticking it to the man.”
Well anyway, the good guys still abound, and we like being good guys. Thankfully, despite years of not being heard, we are are welcomed by many looking to not become the next victim. Our knowledge and thirst for knowledge remains unbounded. Our advice is still shared with those who choose to respectfully hear it…and sometimes even with those who don’t want to hear it. Maybe, just maybe, if you are nice about it he or she will remind you of what you need to do in order to not be the next news headline.
Not every hero wears spandex and a cape.
So what am I getting at? It’s really simple. Cybersecurity experts choose to do good things, and I would say most choose to do good things. Some, however, choose to do bad things. I’m not saying cybersecurity experts are superheroes, but I will say they do have a pretty good idea of how cybervillains think. Here we are in the year 2021, and it’s a good year for, “I told you so,” among cyber professionals. Thankfully rather than being difficult about things, professionals have been doing this long enough to act professionally. This is the year where all those predictions are coming true. This is the year where that obscure attack vector that the guy with the weird haircut you saw at DEFCON happens. Remember, in the evil universe there is someone with perhaps a different haircut and a Bitcoin account being offered a lot of money to prove that the attack vector works. Good luck trying to figure out what made him or her choose a life of crime in an age where some choose to believe they are just “sticking it to the man.”
Well anyway, the good guys still abound, and we like being good guys. Thankfully, despite years of not being heard, we are are welcomed by many looking to not become the next victim. Our knowledge and thirst for knowledge remains unbounded. Our advice is still shared with those who choose to respectfully hear it…and sometimes even with those who don’t want to hear it. Maybe, just maybe, if you are nice about it he or she will remind you of what you need to do in order to not be the next news headline.
Not every hero wears spandex and a cape.