← Back to context Comment by sergiotapia 13 hours ago Who coined the phrase "cyber" for security related things lol. It's so 1999. 8 comments sergiotapia Reply estearum 13 hours ago Hasn't the field been called "cybersecurity" since... forever? fwip 3 hours ago Sure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security."Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e". sumeno 12 hours ago I assure you that in 1999 "cyber" meant something very different josefresco 13 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 13 hours ago Amusingly, "cyber" comes from the word "kubernetes"! Gander5739 13 hours ago Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1573/ atemerev 13 hours ago A/S/L?
estearum 13 hours ago Hasn't the field been called "cybersecurity" since... forever? fwip 3 hours ago Sure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security."Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e".
fwip 3 hours ago Sure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security."Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e".
josefresco 13 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?