Comment by renehsz

Yes, the cybersecurity industry definitely oversells itself on every (social media) channel it can find. But to be fair, it kind of has to. Many people and companies are notoriously lazy about secutity and patching until something goes wrong. So you have to cause a stir, oversell the risk, and create a sense of urgency, to get them to act.

Obviously, there are also some people in cybersecurity who oversell not for the greater good, but only to further their careers... and even those who are honest and would prefer not to self-promote like that, are sort of forced to, because visibility can matter as much (if not more than) expertise when trying to find a job in cybersecurity, as you'll look like an underachiever if you don't oversell yourself like everybody else.