As the media does with most things, they typically only show what they want you to see. When it comes to cybersecurity, fear and generalization seems to be the narrative of choice for news outlets. In all reality, the actual impact of cybersecurity breaches is significantly more nuanced. For example, when new outlets report of cybersecurity breaches, they typically report on the largest and most damaging events. What they fail to report on are the thousands of breaches every day from state actors, hacktivists, and individuals who are looking to make money, send a message, etc. Cybersecurity events do not always have to be significant to be substantial. Collectively, the most damaging cybersecurity events are the smaller ones, due to the sheer number of events that occur.

Additionally, people within the realm of cybersecurity have evolved well beyond what the media still portrays them as (teenagers in basements writing code). In present day, cybersecurity has evolved as its own discipline, and has entire countries paying professionals in the field millions of dollars yearly to conduct massive international surveillance and sabotage operations. Those in cybersecurity are now seeking degrees and top level executive positions within organizations, as the importance of the internet and ways to protect it have evolved. As time has progressed the public and private sectors have seen increased interest in cybersecurity protection measures to ensure that those that wish to do them harm are limited as much as possible given each entities risk tolerance.