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sarah FAILIN

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12. Cybersecurity is an actual degree now and my son is getting it

Reply to Atman (Original post)

Thu Dec 29, 2016, 07:42 PM

Dec 2016

Cybersecurity /Computer Foensics. He graduates in May we hope as long as this last semester goes as planned. This is his 6th semester, so it's not a new word, just now getting the attention it deserves. NOW I see that the NSA has been having summer camps for kids trying to get middle and high school kids into this field. Too late for us. He gets an Associate Degree the week before he graduates high school.

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Am I the only one seriously annoyed by the new term "cyber?" [View all] Atman Dec 2016 OP

your tone sounds a bit pitchy. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #1

out in cyber space used to be one of my favorite sayings madokie Dec 2016 #2

. Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #3

Nope. Exactly the opposite. Atman Dec 2016 #5

. demmiblue Dec 2016 #4

That is exactly what comes to my mind when I hear "cyber"! csziggy Dec 2016 #20

The MSM trying to sound "cool" with ridiculous lingo. Oneironaut Dec 2016 #6

Wait a minute...I'm twittering. Atman Dec 2016 #7

That's a "jaw dropping" post! n/t KatyMan Dec 2016 #10

No, I loathe it muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #8

Trump didn't invent the term fescuerescue Dec 2016 #13

I looked up the earliest forms in the Oxford English Dictionary muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #17

Nope Egnever Dec 2016 #9

hate it hate it hate it. And it's my business. fescuerescue Dec 2016 #11

Cybersecurity is an actual degree now and my son is getting it sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #12

I've been working in information security for 20 years fescuerescue Dec 2016 #14

it's just a word so it doesn't bother me. sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #15

"verbing weirds language" - I believe that is the way Calvin phrased it DrDan Dec 2016 #16

Nice post, cyberatman!! madinmaryland Dec 2016 #18

New? cyber sex is very old school. From the days of psysops, a/s/l ???!! - Sunlei Dec 2016 #19

I hate it. cyberswede Dec 2016 #21

when don the con used "cyber" in the debates it was clear he had no idea what the word mulsh Dec 2016 #22

That's why the word caught on. fescuerescue Dec 2016 #23