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How cybersecurity shapes trust, free expression and everyday life.

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Featured · Society

So your kid asks what you do all day

You can brief a board on ransomware. Explaining your cybersecurity job to a ten-year-old is harder. Here is how to do it, starting with their game account.

11 October 2026 · 11 min read
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