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We take for granted just how much of our relationship with computers is framed by technology that predates computing. Files, folders, trash bins, and desktops. We’ve used analogies from the physical world to help us comprehend and use the digital.

Cybersecurity is a constantly evolving and dynamic world where attackers have significant incentives and rewards to find new ways of compromising and infiltrating systems. In contrast researchers are constantly playing catch up, trying to deduce and reverse engineer how a successful attack happened and why.

While the pandemic has helped reinforce the essential role of the Internet in our lives, it has tragically not increased our understanding of how the Internet works, nor our literacy about to use it effectively.