We live in an increasingly networked world, from personal banking to government infrastructure. Protecting those networks is no longer optional. Cyber risk is now firmly at the top of the international agenda as high-profile breaches raise fears that hack attacks and other security failures could endanger the global economy.
A history of the mic drop, with a surprising origin. Forrest Wickman at Slate has an explainer on the mic drop , popularized anew by President Barack Obama.
Saturdayâs mic drop, however, was a vast improvement on the real Obamaâs previous efforts. In April 2012, during an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the US president concluded a Slow Jam the News segment not by dropping the mic, but by sort of prissily flinging it to the ground, much in the way a child would if they saw a wasp on their ice-cream.