Hackers are becoming increasingly bold, brazen, and cunning. To defend our connected world against the threat of increasingly mischievous, imaginative, and reckless hackers, cybersecurity experts must also learn to embrace "childish" qualities such as creativity, fearlessness, and natural curiosity.
As a mother of two, I have long observed that many of the qualities effortlessly expressed by my children are shared by the best cyber defenders in our company. Here are four important lessons white-hat hackers can learn from them.
Throw Out the BoxWe are often advised to think outside the box to deliberate in new and creative ways, but for children there is no "box" — and perhaps the supposition that there is a box to begin with is what really boxes us in.
Cybersecurity is a constant game of cat and mouse. What's secure today is at risk tomorrow as black-hat hackers continually find increasingly imaginative ways to threaten our connected world. To win this battle of the minds, cyber defenders must recapture their inner creative selves.
In a NASA study that tested the creativity of 4- to 5-year-olds, 98% of participants scored as "creative geniuses." Testing on the same group every five years revealed that this percentage decreased as children matured. When the same test was carried out on adults, a mere 2% scored at creative genius level.
By challenging themselves to think beyond conventional constraints, cyber defenders can stay one step ahead of attackers. This means that even after securing an asset with a newly conceived architecture, there can be no room for complacency — defe ..
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