The old west gunfight of cybersecurity

How much do you worry about hackers? I used to worry about it a lot, because it all seemed so terrifying to me.

A person with the right hardware, no matter where they are in the world, has the ability to dig into my private life and destroy it, or simply make it disappear. We have all heard stories about millions of people having their financial info stolen in one fell swoop. And then some hackers target individuals, and can use the computer uplink to invade every aspect of their personal and private life. Who wouldn’t be terrified? I probably spend too much time worrying about cybersecurity, but it is hard for me to let it go. The more I learn about mobile security, SIEM solutions, and TDR the more I realize I will never be able to learn all of this. Hackers and cybersecurity experts are constantly engaged in a battle of wits where they crack the other side’s code, only to have their code cracked in return. Sometimes a hacker will attack the firewall security with a very light attack, because they gather so much data from the response. Once they have the network security protocols figured out, they can easily crush the site, but in doing so they leave cyber traces that the security team can use against them. The battle for cybersecurity solutions is like an old west gunfight, only each side collects the bullets, reconfigures them, and then shoots them back at the other side. I don’t claim to fully understand it, but I know it’s importance.

 

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