Winn has lived Cybersecurity since 1983, and now says, "I think, maybe, I'm just starting to understand it." His predictions about the internet & security have been scarily spot on. He coined the term "Electronic Pearl Harbor" while testifying before Congress in 1991. His seminal book, "Information Warfare" showed the world how and why massive identity theft, cyber-espionage, nation-state hacking, and cyber-terrorism would be an integral part of the future (today's present). Currently, he is exploring "Metawar," a term he coined to describe the art and science of reality distortion and addiction in the metaverse. Increasingly impressive immersive technologies, active metacontent orchestration, and powerful feedback systems (OODA loops) will amplify disinformation through believable simulations and the powerful addictive effects of reward-based virtual existences. At some distant date, the metapoint will be reached, where persistent immersive simulations will be indistinguishable from our default 'reality'. Just with current and short-term technological capabilities, the security, privacy, ethics, and global policy implications are staggering.
(The book "Metawar" will be available 3Q23) His last book, "Analogue Network Security" is a time-based probabilistic approach to justifiable security. By hybridizing analogue and digital security techniques, he offers methods to "fix security and the internet", including fake news, spam, phishing, DDoS, and more. It will twist your mind. "The Best Cybersecurity Book of All Time," Cyber Defense Magazine. ¿ Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts¿ Distinguished Fellow: Ponemon Institute¿ International Security Hall of Fame: ISSA¿ Top-20 industry pioneers: SC Magazine.¿ Top 25 Most Influential: Security Magazine¿ Top 5 Security Thinkers: SC Magazine.¿ Power Thinker and one of the 50 most powerful people: Network World.¿ Top Rated (4.
85/5) RSA Speaker¿ Top Rated Webinar: 4.56 (ISC2)¿ .001% Top Influencer RSAC-2019¿ Global Power SpeakerAuthor: "Pearl Harbor Dot Com" (Die Hard IV), 3 volumes of "Information Warfare", "CyberShock", "Internet and Computer Ethics for Kids". (More on his web site.) Executive Producer: "Hackers Are People Too" Founder: TheSecurityAwarenessCompany, Security Experts, InfowarCon, Hacker Jeopardy http://www.WinnSchwartau.com @WinnSchwartau www.linkedin.
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