We are living a fascinating time!
The capabilities provided by electronics and computers
certainly make our era one of the most interesting of Human history.
The possibilities opened by these technologies go far beyond our imagination
and everything we believe possible.
Every day I communicate with friends located all around the world,
our words travel in cables and fibers of the global Internet network at lightning speed.
And yesterday, I flew on a plane on autopilot whose onboard computers took to its destination.
Some seek magic in stories about elves and imaginary worlds,
as if our world had lost its magic as we see it every day, or because we can explain it.
Yet if our ancestors could see the world we have built, they certainly would not believe it.
Like me, they could not ignore that magic is everywhere, just around us.
My name is Pierre Ciholas.
As a cyber security researcher I see every day the vulnerabilities in our world.
Whenever technology betrays us and events overwhelm us,
I wonder if, ultimately, this might not be an ephemeral dream.
Our technologies are now so complex and omnipresent that they might make our time one of the most fragile.
It is this fragility that I study, and I wish to unveil.