The media really affects how we see cybersecurity by how it talks about cyberattacks and data breaches. They often make big, dramatic stories out of them, making it seem like these incidents are always super dangerous. But they don’t always show the full picture, making people worry more about the big attacks and not so much about other important cybersecurity stuff.
How the media shows hackers and cybersecurity experts affects what people think. Movies often make hackers seem like super-smart criminals or sneaky people up to no good. But that’s not really how most cybersecurity professionals are. This can make people misunderstand why cybersecurity is important and what experts actually do. It might even make it harder to get and keep good people in the field.