The explosion of cybercrime in recent years has thrust discussion of cybersecurity issues, along with its associated insider industry jargon, into the mainstream. Unfortunately, as each new person learns, digests, and regurgitates these terms, there’s the risk that they will be used improperly or generalized. After a while, it begins to feel a bit like a game of telephone.
This has resulted in a situation in which important cybersecurity concepts take on an ambiguity that leaves people more confused than before. And this confusion taints discussions about the issue, whether they are happening in the living room or the board room. If the decision-makers aren’t speaking the same language, how can they be expected to make informed decisions about cybersecurity?