This may have ended up a dead blog for a while, but in perspective when comparing this blog's lack of activity to the gravity of 4.34 million people who have died from COVID-19 over the past year and a half makes it seem insignificant. That said, the misrepresentation of information and "fake news" that now pervades most news organizations (primarily in the U.S.) is truly heartbreaking. It 100% contributed to the worldwide death count. It is still contributing to it.
What does the above have to do with cybersecurity? Misinformation and "fake news" related to cybersecurity can also affect people's lives. For example, many applications and sites still practice poor password hygiene. Products that have known vulnerabilities continue to be released. The misinformation here is that it's harmless profit growth. Senior executives and budget forecasters and analysts know that it is less expensive to market an inferior and flawed product to earn a quick buck and potentially pay the restitution than it is to integrate secure software engineering practices. Overcoming this misinformation will require a cultural shift to change this dynamic, but often times it requires pain; in the form of data breaches, stolen money, data theft, hacked infrastructure, or deaths. The misrepresentation of information prevalent in today's headlines and newspapers is also going to require a cultural shift to overcome it. I do not have much insight into what changing the world news sphere will require, but I do know that in my organization, I can gather data, present cases, and create processes to implement secure practices to market great products. I'll just focus on biting of what I can chew in these anti-vaccine, anti-secure practice world.
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AuthorI am a Doctoral Scholar at Colorado Technical University and a graduate of the Cyber Security Operations and Leadership program from the University of San Diego. I work in cybersecurity, and have accumulated twenty years in the IT industry. There are few IT roles I have not performed, which gives me great insights into making sense of all the IT confusion. Archives
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