When starting in Cybersecurity, one of my first professors, Professor Boyle, told me and the class that the material we were covering was very dull and dry. (For context, we were taking ITN 101 at Tidewater Community College, which used the CompTIA Network+ textbook.) To combat the onslaught that was the in-depth description of wiring standards and the OSI model, he recommended that students should put on headphones and listen to something upbeat. Professor Boyle said he listened to the Mission Impossible soundtrack while studying and working to get through the monotony of configurations and reading. The field of cybersecurity, and IT at large, is seldom properly understood by the general population due to its complexities and dullness. Many tilt their heads when hearing about Linux, Wireshark, Python, or even CompTIA. Despite playing such an enormous role in society, Americans know very little about cybersecurity, only hearing of the massive events, like cyber-attacks, through legacy media. The media “fills” the gaps in the public’s knowledge through film and shows. Traditional studios and networks misrepresent and misconstrue cybersecurity through oversimplifications and outright falsehoods. This is done because, well, it wouldn’t make money if they didn’t. As many would understand, a movie following someone typing away at a computer screen and clicking buttons would be boring. Rather, eyeballs are gathered through intense hacking montages, nice-looking “hacker” GUIs, and animations. Instantaneous hacking with a push of a button that results in awesome explosions is flashy and gets people to watch. The media carries so much influence and sway on the public perception of cybersecurity because they, better than anyone else, (especially nerds droning on about wireless standards) know how to entertain and get people’s attention.