The Journal for the first week of CYSE 200T asks why I may be interested in practicing and learning about Cybersecurity technology, and to that I have many different answers. Firstly, I have always been in a household surrounded by technology and we rely so much on the many different kinds of tech be it computers, smart televisions, home security systems, and of course, the smartphone. I might not have realized initially that the tech all around me is vulnerable and can be used against my family, and with all the recent developments and news about data breaches and ransomware attacks I definitely want to be knowledgeable about what these attacks really are, how they could affect me and my fellow citizens, and how I can do my part to defend against them. Secondly, I think my professional goals after college definitely motivate my interest in cybersecurity. After college I would definitely like to try work in some way with the government by either joining the Air Force or trying to get into working for the FBI and as such my ultimate goal with trying to join these organizations is to help serve and protect the country from the many tech attacks from around the world. I have always wanted to help people in some way and to learn more about the ways to protect the United States digitally makes me feel like I am doing my best to defend my fellow citizens. Lastly, and most comically, I am really interested in learning more about cybersecurity because of my friends throughout the years. One of my good friends Thomas had shown me many different basic measures of defending my personal computers since I was in high school and he had somehow made the field interesting and when I found out he had gotten a good paying cybersecurity job only when he was 19, I knew I wanted to get into a field that I really am interested in and make a living from it.