Growing Up in the Cyber Security Age
My interest in the age of computing, in particular Cybersecurity has spanned over the 40 years of my life. I grew up in the age when computers became affordable and entered the family home for the first time. The computers were horrifically expensive and only a few people could afford them. I still remember trying my first computer, a Macintosh Apple IIe which booted from floppy disks at a friend’s house and I was hooked. A couple of years later I can remember opening the box when I finally had an MS-DOS computer in my own home and the disappointment that it wasn’t as cool as a Mac. Today computers are affordable, accessible and part of our daily life. Through the 1980s and 90s there was a series of films that explored what could happen if computers took control or began thinking for themselves through artificial intelligence and how external attacks by motivated individuals; called for the first time, “hackers” could take over public utilities and infrastructure. War Games...