Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect the views, policies, or positions of my employer or any organization with which I am affiliated. ---- Who put a chip under their skin first? Depending on who you ask, you’ll hear Kevin Warwick , the British cybernetics professor behind Project Cyborg. He had a chip implanted in 1998. There’s a problem with that. Eduardo Kac had done a public microchip implantation in 1997. The dates are the easy part. What we mean by first, and whose work we decide counts, gets messier. ---- Chipped in São Paulo On November 11, 1997, Brazilian artist Eduardo Kac staged Time Capsule at Casa das Rosas in São Paulo. In front of seven family photographs, he inserted a passive identification transponder under the skin of his left ankle. The event was broadcast and participants could activate a scanner remotely to retrieve the number from the implant. Kac then registered himself in a U.S. database built to identi...
Cybersecurity’s long attracted those seeking a challenging and financially lucrative career, but if you’ve ever tried to break into the field, you’ll know it’s far from straightforward. Whether you’re already in IT or coming from a completely different profession, figuring out how to pivot can be overwhelming. Check out r/SecurityCareerAdvice , and you’ll find plenty of questions like, “How do I move from help desk to SOC analyst?” or “What’s the best path from System Administrator to Security Engineer?” or even “How do I jump from Human Resources to Cybersecurity?” The interest is there, but the roadmap? Not so much! The problem is that cybersecurity career training today focuses on… 1. Those already in Information Technology 2. Teaching specialized Skills These topics are valuable for certain roles, but they’re not really designed to help someone transition into the industry. How can we improve trainin...