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How It All Started For Me

*one of our seasoned IT experts (JD MC) share how their journey started*

For me, I think back to my days as a young boy in an English classroom where my teacher at the time spoke to all those in his care just like an adult, which allowed me the benefit of breaking away from the thought of being a child albeit only for this class period. Since this English class was at the end of the school day, the teacher was naturally drained after dealing with their work day and after providing my class with schoolwork to complete. This class also gave us time to peruse the available books in the room, of course, only after completing said schoolwork. So I often worked diligently to obtain that free time to have access to those very much ancient reading materials.

One of which was an anthology named R Is For Rockets by American author Ray Bradbury. This book housed much of my interest for the school year, and I would read it every time I had a chance. It illustrated concepts of our future world and technology, which I only gave little thought about outside of computer class during my school years. The idea that technology could provide us with anything other than a frustratingly slow experience connecting to the web was new to me.

This imaginative book and author allowed my mind to see into the world of the future, whether that was time machines or acts of heroism carried out by a modern man to save a damsel in distress in an unknown world. I channeled this interest into building a knowledge base foreign to most around me in my simple beginnings. At the time in a very underdeveloped town in rural Oklahoma. Nonetheless, I sought out the understanding of what tech means in our modern world and began to allow myself to serve those in my community with ever-changing and challenging tasks in that same vein.

I could go on and on with little care about how it started, but I am reminded that this post will be read by people who may have similar stories to mine. This book, R Is For Rockets, was the catalyst that began my pursuit to understand and gain the required knowledge of tech that has contributed to countless enjoyments in my life. So if you ever think of throwing out an old book, remember that it can still hold the ability to inspire and capture minds of those around us consider donating or giving it away.

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*JD MC holds multiple degrees in IT and is an experienced writer for LetsGoIT.data*

The Reality of Cybersecurity LetsGoIT

Real life cyber crimes happen on a daily basis. This isn’t a post that is tailored to scare individuals or companies from having a presence on the web. It has the intention to educate, those of us who are uninformed when it comes to Cybersecurity.

Whether or not you know the difference between Black Hats and White Hats or hackers and crackers. You must understand you cannot underestimate the knowledge a person holds going off of what, they title themselves as.

The ability to cause mayhem through theft and shutting down web applications may not have a big enough barrier to entry for those who find it valuable and not of consequence.

The absolute amount of boot camps and instructional videos granted to the population at large is staggering. The nature of these two resources enables those with no background or academic history. To learn malicious skills which would traditionally be taught through higher education for combating against them. This is not to say that all persons who seek out a bootcamp or use Instructional videos in Cybersecurity are of bad character but it is to say the ability to weaponize these resources for personal gain is troubling.

We have seen through public fear or being overcautious of the unknown, cause incorrect circumstances befall on those that would have otherwise gone about their day as usual. One case comes to mind that made national headlines in September 2015 where a young boy was arrested for being in possession of a disassembled digital clock, the link is below if you are interested in the full story. This fear of the unknown only requires knowledge to combat against.

Fear is also a tool which can be wielded by bad actors or hackers, that also can be found with a short search. How to effectively produce whatever the bad actor aims for. This is also another reason why knowledge of these sophisticated manipulations can be important to combat against bad actors.

Cybersecurity is not only through the web, the pursuit to steal information can be conducted offline. Use of physical means to break into a system is a cybercrime. The selling or procurement of illegal items through the web is also a cybercrime. The reality of combating against bad actors with cybersecurity is knowledge.

The clock incident:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Mohamed_clock_incident

https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html

*JD MC holds multiple degrees in IT and is an experienced writer for LetsGoIT.data*