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.
In the 2000s, comedian Chris Rock employed the mic drop at the end of his stand-up sets (shown below, right). On September 5th, 2006, a theater house manager published a post on his personal blog, which urged performers to stop damaging microphones by dropping them on stage.