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DESCRIPTION:This Talk is Important—very important—for the cybersecurity
  industry\, hackers\, and policymakers from the Boardroom to the Halls of 
 Government.\n\nA long time ago\, on June 27\, 1991\, Winn testified before
  the US Congress and was asked\, “Mr. Schwartau: Why would the bad guys 
 ever want to use the internet?” \n\nToday\, our cognitive infrastructure
  is under attack\, and humanity needs cybersecurity professionals more tha
 n ever. Reality is only a keystroke away. \n\nMetawar is the art and scien
 ce of manipulating your reality. It is the battle for control over one’s
  belief systems\, identity\, and sense of reality outside one’s consciou
 s awareness. Reason and emotion are incompatible operating systems. \n\nBi
 g Tech is digitally terraforming the planet’s future cognitive infrastru
 cture\, Web 3.0\, with little concern for the downsides. The metaverse is 
 an evolving\, immersive storytelling environment designed to be the most p
 owerful and addictive reality distortion machine ever conceived. It will a
 lso predict and anticipate your every desire and every move! \n\nOn the gl
 obal stage\, metawar represents the sixth domain of warfare. They who cont
 rol the technology control the narrative. We have no choice but to learn h
 ow to coexist with the reality-distorting technologies we have created by 
 implementing technical\, policy\, and cognitive defenses to protect our se
 nse of truth\, reality\, and self-identity.\n\nWinn’s keynote is a call 
 to action.\n\nThe cybersecurity community is among the best problem solver
 s the planet has ever seen. It acts as a team\, a collective of like-minde
 d individuals with an amazing array of skills who stop at nothing to achie
 ve their aims—against all odds. Winn challenges us with a new goal: Stre
 ngthen and defend the human mental immune system. Our brains\, sensory ner
 vous systems\, and minds are the new attack surfaces. Will the cybersecuri
 ty community rise to the challenge of solving the most existential threat 
 it has ever faced? Or not.\n\nTo survive\, humanity must adapt to and Coex
 ist with technology.
DTSTAMP:20260609T061336Z
LOCATION:Track 2
SUMMARY:Cybersecurity’s New Imperative:  Defending Enterprise and Nationa
 l Cognitive Infrastructures (by strengthening  the mental immune system) -
  winn schwartau
URL:https://cfp.securitybsides.org.uk/bsides-london-2024/talk/HQ7GKR/
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