Cyber Security: From “Reel” Life to “Real” Life

Are Hollywood portrayals of cyber attacks exaggerating the risks we face?

Since the early 1980s, when Hollywood showed “War Games,” where a teenage gamer brought the world to the edge of nuclear destruction, the entertainment industry has been frightening us about the Internet and the vital systems it supports. In the 2007 “Die Hard” movie, Bruce Willis fights hackers out to destroy America’s vital infrastructure. All good fun in the movies, but how close are these scenarios to reality? Is it wrong for us to use the phenomenal power of computer networks to improve the performance of our power grids and banking systems?

The short answer is …

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  Markus Braendle

  Group Head of Cyber Security, ABB