We let people who don't do the job choose the words for us. And it's starting to feel good. A hacker is not…
Florian D. — Consultant Senior - Tech Lead - Cybersecurity
We let people who don't do the job choose the words for us. And it's starting to feel good.
A hacker is not a pirate.
A hacker hacks, it diverts, it understands how things work to fix them, improve them, secure them. It brings solutions.
A pirate is the opposite: it's harmful, period. To confuse the two is to insult an entire culture.
And while we're at it, let's talk about the titles.
"Cybersecurity Engineer". It doesn't mean anything.
You are at SOC, or you are offensive, or you are in RCMP, or you are doing purple. They are different jobs, different skills, different brains. We are not "computer scientists", this suitcase word has not existed for a long time.
The same goes for "DevOps engineer". It doesn't mean anything either. Either you are a system admin and you automate. Either you are a dev and you secure your production and your dev cycle thanks to the pipelines you set up. Choose. Assume.
Let's regain control of the words. Titles. And especially of our passions.
Because yes, they are passion jobs. Not HR boxes.
The day we let others define who we are, we have already lost half of what is the strength of this community.
#Cybersécurité #Hacker #DevSecOps #SOC #RedTeam #GRC
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Topics: #devsecops, #cybers, #hacker, #redteam, #soc, #grc
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Dave M.: Wait what? Fine, I'll return the eyepatch to Amazon....
Liam R.: OK, the other name for a Pirate is a Privateer.. basically they started as freelancers for the state. In the UK the same people became known as Pirates due to the East India Company who wanted everyone to work for them, and thus the profits to flow to them. The term Pirate mostly started as propaganda.