--Originally published at Don't Trust Humans, Trust Computers
Our generation, the so call “millennials”, we were born in a time when computer science was in a constant change. New technology was being made, new algorithms were being researched and so on. Basically, as we have been growing up, technology has also been “growing” up with us and it is still growing, just like us, but with the only difference that we have a dead line and technology doesn’t. As humans when we first use any technological device, like a computer, ipad, smartphone, etc., we are amaze by the amount of actions that device can do.
Whenever new gadgets or apps are release, we trust that those devices or apps will maintain secure the information that we provide; but in reality…is not. In this modern era, we can’t say that something is 100%, because somehow someone could crack that thing that we thought it was secure and have all the information that we had, and there are plenty of ways that people can do that… but that another story. Even though this seems as a terrible scenario, it isn’t as bad as we thing. If we know some basic concepts about cyber security, we could make our self more protected against cyber attacks and if they want to get how information, they won’t get it as easy as they might think.
Cyber security is a very important topic that everybody should know about. If we go into a career, kind of way, of why study cyber security, well there are plenty of reasons. Some of them might be because there is plenty of opportunities in that area, like jobs or development as a professional. Besides those reasons, there is one that I think is very important and that is to know how to protect yourself and others. Most
So remember guys, stay safe
A.C.
References
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/24/secure-a-cyber-career
