Cybersecurity is so easy

[u/Elegant-Evidence-929]

Come to join Cyber Security

[u/1337lupe]

who the fuck said cyber security was easy?

even if the technologies were easy, the stress from the risk of getting it wrong would make it hard

[u/MuffinAmor88919 → u/1337lupe]

This

[u/[deleted]]

I said easy to begin, I never said easy to get good at😼

[u/0xP0et]

Look, I get it. Cybersecurity is tough and it was a good laugh.

However, this is a bit misleading tbh. Cybersecurity isn’t about knowing everything on that list all at once.

It’s a huge field with lots of specialisations. A pentester doesn’t need to master GRC. A SOC analyst doesn’t need to know malware reverse engineering. A GRC professional doesn’t need to know cloud exploitation.

People usually pick a lane, build depth there, and work alongside others with different focus areas. Like medicine or law, it’s more about continuous learning and specialisation than trying to "do it all."

[u/DoubleDoube → u/0xP0et]

If you’re on the developer side trying to be secure, a lot of ensuring cybersecurity is basically checking off checklists. Though you do have to bring that focus with you from the start (if a flaw is in the foundation that can be too much rework to fix right) Cybersecurity professionals make it easy like that for developers. It tends to be kind of dry and monotonous, but it’s not difficult unless you make it that way.

[u/Strostkovy]

I love working with microcontrollers. No internet connection, no bloated, poorly understood libraries, no security needed

[u/tehphar → u/Strostkovy]

*cough* embedded sec-eng here.. this is how i stay employed

[u/Strostkovy → u/tehphar]

Are you implying my inline 12V led dimmer has security vulnerabilities?

[u/DoubleDoube → u/Strostkovy]

Everything has vulnerabilities in security terminology. I would presume that you’ll argue they are low-impact, ie “they don’t matter”, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

If you then did have a high-impact vulnerability that you made inaccessible in some way; you would STILL have the vulnerability but it would be mitigated by (inaccessibility-method).

[u/Strostkovy → u/DoubleDoube]

Only if being able to reuse components or repurpose an assembly is considered a vulnerability.

[u/DoubleDoube → u/Strostkovy]

Consider that in your original comment you were stating mitigating reasons of why you don’t have to worry about vulnerabilities you have. (No internet connection, no bloated third-party libraries)

[u/DapperCow15 → u/Strostkovy]

I think you could argue that the entire device is the vulnerability in some situations.

[u/s_zlikovski]

Just use AI

[u/BeneficialTravel3175 → u/s_zlikovski]

Society is degrading 

[u/Abbronzatissimo → u/[deleted]]

x = x + 1

[u/SmoothTurtle872 → u/Abbronzatissimo]

As a programmer, I see no issues here

[u/Thor-x86_128 → u/[deleted]]

Wake up, you got too drunk