Just because the less-technically adept parts of the infosec community & even more hapless government workers wanted to sound cool doesn't suddenly make it right.
This is true. But it doesn't make every new development an intelligent or useful one.
But then I also just enjoy responding with "Cyber what?" whenever someone uses it as a noun. The correlation between people who are asked and can then provide a relevant noun has not been high.
FFS. "Cyber" is an adjective. Not a noun.
Just because the less-technically adept parts of the infosec community & even more hapless government workers wanted to sound cool doesn't suddenly make it right.
That's how colloquial language develops, however.
This is true. But it doesn't make every new development an intelligent or useful one.
But then I also just enjoy responding with "Cyber what?" whenever someone uses it as a noun. The correlation between people who are asked and can then provide a relevant noun has not been high.
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Language just got cybered.