Back in the glory days, IT professionals could easily differentiate themselves by the color and prominence of their pocket protectors. Today the challenge is greater due in no small part to the sheer numbers. And this is in spite of the growing gap between talent supply and industry demand.

ICS is always building teams, for ourselves and for our clients, so we’re always looking for talented folks ready for the next step. Finding the right fit for the right spot can be difficult, though, so we’re also eager to help the gifted and curious with new perspectives for building the expertise and experience that will inevitably serve our clients and our industry well. And sometimes it helps to take a step back and take in the big picture, as well as the ideas that are germinating to keep our capacity to serve our clients growing.

One of these ideas is almost philosophical in nature, but it could be foundational to a complete understanding of the interplay of languages and purposes that drive cyberthreats. It is called cyber-ontology, and it’s more pragmatic than it might sound. It involves the creation of a basic language and set of concepts that could be adopted universally by those in the cyber community to facilitate communal understanding and the building of intellectual critical mass to defend against ever-growing threats. It is not without its downsides, chief among them the static nature of languages. How many actually speak Latin these days? But the concept is worth mulling.

For more information about cyber-ontology, start here. To start a conversation about futures—yours, ours, or the world’s—give us a call.