Comment by sergiotapia 14 hours ago Who coined the phrase "cyber" for security related things lol. It's so 1999. 8 comments sergiotapia Reply estearum 14 hours ago Hasn't the field been called "cybersecurity" since... forever? fwip 4 hours ago Sure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security."Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e". sumeno 13 hours ago I assure you that in 1999 "cyber" meant something very different josefresco 14 hours ago Cyber is more of an early 1990's thing, and I have no issue with it unlike most in the tech field. I feel like it dropped off in the late 90's and early 00's but made a comeback as hacking became a mainstream security issue. cleverpotato479 14 hours ago Amusingly, "cyber" comes from the word "kubernetes"! Gander5739 14 hours ago Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1573/ atemerev 14 hours ago A/S/L?
estearum 14 hours ago Hasn't the field been called "cybersecurity" since... forever? fwip 4 hours ago Sure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security."Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e".
fwip 4 hours ago Sure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security."Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e".
josefresco 14 hours ago Cyber is more of an early 1990's thing, and I have no issue with it unlike most in the tech field. I feel like it dropped off in the late 90's and early 00's but made a comeback as hacking became a mainstream security issue.
Hasn't the field been called "cybersecurity" since... forever?
Sure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security."
Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e".
I assure you that in 1999 "cyber" meant something very different
Cyber is more of an early 1990's thing, and I have no issue with it unlike most in the tech field. I feel like it dropped off in the late 90's and early 00's but made a comeback as hacking became a mainstream security issue.
Amusingly, "cyber" comes from the word "kubernetes"!
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1573/
A/S/L?