The Telegraph today ran a piece on a subject close to our hearts here at Advent IM, namely the cyber threat to our physical world. You can read it here
Regular readers will know we have expressed concern before that language can create barriers or false realities that can leave vulnerabilities and the prevalence of the use of the word ‘cyber’ is a good example of this. Cyber to most people conjures up the ethereal world of the hacker – that strange and dangerous electronic hinterland that few really grasp. Of course, this is dangerously inaccurate as many systems that control our physical world are networked and can therefore be hacked.
The late Barnaby Jack showed the world how he could hack into an insulin delivery system in a patient to effectively overdose that patient, he also managed to hack into an ATM system which then dispensed cash like a waterfall. The two worlds are converging quicker than our security awareness is growing.
Bringing the threat to our critical national infrastructure to the attention of the public at large is in one way unnerving but also very necessary.
Please have a look at our presentation on the topic, you will need sound…
Presentation with voice over from Mike Gillespie
