{"id":322,"date":"2025-07-06T19:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T19:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/gonzalezcybersite\/?p=322"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:23:50","slug":"cyse-201s-week-seven-journal-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/gonzalezcybersite\/2025\/07\/06\/cyse-201s-week-seven-journal-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"CYSE 201S Week Seven Journal EntryCybersecurity and its discontents: Artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and digital misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"> My belief is that technical advantages and capabilities are becoming greater that we will<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>be able to maintain and handle in the near future, going through these courses and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>understanding what cybersecurity entails, it has briden my understanding, and it has got<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>me concerned. To read that professionals are losing the interest in using the word<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cybersecurity, and that it&#8217;s losing popularity, well I think we are stepping into another<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>form of evolution into the field. With new challenges coming from AI, all the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>misinformation that entities are using to create an advantage, and plugging anything<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and everything to the internet in a wireless domain from electric cars to anything smart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>like thermostats, well, we are opening the doors to cyberattacks it is a concern. People<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>can be very naive and will believe anything, we have seen it over and over again, so it is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a real threat that can affect a nation on a deeper level creating a catastrophic outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially now that people are breaking downloadable speeds so fast that they can<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>download the whole Nextflix library in just one second, some called it innovation, but do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>we have the same defence capabilities as well? Probably not. With these 402 Tbps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>internet speeds, can open a new world of chaos and new uncertainties of an unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>world of unpredictability can happen if we are not prepared, because in less than a blink<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of an eye, we become victims of cybercrime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We definitely need to incorporate better regulations and laws, not only at a state level,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but a standard across the whole world, to be able to learn and share information to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>able to respond faster to certain attacks and tackle together challenges and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilner, A. S. (2018). Cybersecurity and its discontents: Artificial intelligence, the Internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of Things, and digital misinformation. <em>International Journal<\/em>, <em>73<\/em>(2), 308-316.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0020702018782496 (Original work published 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TBS Report04 July, &amp; Report, T. (2025, July 4). <em>Japan sets new internet speed record at<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>402Tbps using standard fibre optics<\/em>. The Business Standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.tbsnews.net\/tech\/japan-sets-new-internet-speed-record-using-regular-fibre-\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>optics-1180846<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My belief is that technical advantages and capabilities are becoming greater that we will be able to maintain and handle in the near future, going through these courses and understanding what cybersecurity entails, it has briden my understanding, and it has got me concerned. 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