Cyber is ...
... "the science of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems"
[source: Mirriam-Webster]
... "a jargon prefix/buzz-word, much abused by marketers, journalists,
politicians and widely misinterpreted" [source: SecAware glossary]
... robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning
... remaining operational despite serious incidents
... a muddle of paradoxes and contradictions
... protecting critical national infrastructure
... whatever the speaker/writer thinks it is
... information risk, security and control
... only part of the problem space
... more than just technology
... recovering from incidents
... nation-state weaponry
... only about technology
... a solid-gold buzzword
... unknown unknowns
... conveniently vague
... smoke and mirrors
... computer security
... six-figure salaries
... Internet security
... outsider threats
... cool as dry ice
... deadly serious
... disinformation
... being resilient
... a sexy prefix
... data security
... where IT's at
... where it's at
... a hot button
... untargeted
... a diversion
... technology
... misleading
... IT security
... pentesting
... distracting
... newspeak
... superficial
... undefined
... sabotage
... targeted
... insiders
... hackers
... serious
... budget
... spooks
... scary
... spies
... deep
... hype
...
... all of the above, and more
... none of the above: something else entirely
... who cares? Watch the hands, follow the ball, concentrate
Wait, there's more:
- Accountability is ...
- Assurance is ...
- Audit is ...
- Authorisation is ...
- Control is ...
- Fragility is ...
- Governance is ...
- Impact is ...
- Information is ...
- ISO27k is ...
- Oversight is ...
- Resilience is ...
- Responsibility is ...
- Risk is ...
- Security is ...
- System is ...
- Threat is ...
- Trust is ...
- Vulnerability is ...
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