The Icelandic film LAMB boldly connects psychoanalysis and cybersecurity. This is perhaps the first film in history about the steganography of the mind. In today’s mental exercise, I explore what we can learn from this hybrid. My goal is to think about innovative defenses. For novices in the security field…

Deepfakes are all the rage in the world of cybersecurity. The development of AI technology suggests we will soon have algorithms to create perfect simulations. This ultimate form of identity theft takes away ownership of ourselves. In the worst-case scenario, we become the objects of machine trade. You need not…

For the purposes of mental exercise, I have written the synopsis for a fictional film about the ongoing conflict between tennis player Novak Djokovic and the Australian government. My goal is to explain a couple of current Cybersecurity issues. Novak plays the role a hacktivist — that’s a type of…

MATRIX (1999) posed a question that fatefully marked our transition to the global digital economy: is reality a computer simulation? This inspired an endless debate between philosophers, psychologists, cybersecurity experts and programmers. Twenty years have passed, and the film has become a cultural landmark. …

I’M YOUR MAN (2021) is an insightful meditation on technology and identity. The film tells the story of Alma Felser (Marlen Eggert), an archeologist at the Pergamon museum in Berlin. Alma’s research is about the origins of language. She finds evidence in Sumerian artefacts that metaphors were already used as…

THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020) is an adaptation of H.G. Welles’s story, updated for the new century. It tells the tale of Adrian (Olivier Cohen), an optical technology executive who has invented an invisibility suit. The executive is obsessed with Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss), an independent-minded girl. When the relationship turns toxic…