I know practically nothing of the industry this post is referring to except my passion for continuing my education until I can legitimately become a part of it. Computers and the cybersecurity industry are passions of mine. Im apalled at how badly threat actors are ruining things and I just feel like it takes a hacker to catch a hacker. I've dabbled but never become serious enough to get the required education. Frankly to my way of thinking that involves, ( aside from all the playing around with what one can break), learning a programming language. So I'm slogging through C. But honestly I believe it is the constraints of societal perceptions that most hinders the security industry from doing better. They tie their own hands by playing "good guy" within the framework of certain rules themselves formulated out of overcaution, while the "bad guys" run rampant, operating effectively without constraints. Most likely despite all the effort and knowledge I will have eventually accumulated as the criteria for being qualified no person or company will ever hire me. I spent a number of years in several states incarcerated in the penal system for crimes entirely unrelated to this industry nevertheless rendering me unfit as far as any firm is concerned to work in the cyber security industry. Even though an education coupled with a map of the criminal mind because of my experiences would be an unbeatable combination (nearly..lol) the fear that abides in the heart of the defenders will be the reason they will always stay one or more steps behind. The idea that reform is not only possible but that SOME of us so abhor the way we once were that we are now staunch bulldogs on the side of morality is an idea entirely unknown in this country currently. And that's a shame. Because last I checked it was understood the best way to catch a thief...
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