http://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-prefix-cyber-overused-1425427767
By DANNY YADRON and JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES
The Wall Street Journal
March 4, 2015
These days, CyberPatriots go to CyberCamps. Washington wonks ponder a
Cyber Red Cross. Last week, the Director of National Intelligence told
Congress a “cyber Armageddon” is unlikely. This week, CBS Corp. will
premiere the latest iteration of its long-running cops and crime
franchise, “CSI: Cyber,” whose protagonist describes herself as cybercop
and is based, the network says, on a real-life cyberpsychologist.
For some, it is cyber-overload.
Stop using the word,” Alex Stamos, the chief information security officer
at Yahoo Inc. told a “Cybersecurity for a New America” conference in
Washington last week.
Earlier, Mr. Stamos quipped on Twitter that he had won “CyberBingo” at his
table after a conference speaker warned of a “Cyber Pearl Harbor,” a term
popularized by former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in 2012.
Mr. Stamos isn’t brushing off computer intrusions in his quest to hack
away at “cyber” usage. As the guy in charge of keeping prying eyes out of
one of the world’s most popular websites, you could say he is obsessed
with them.
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