Misha's Memoir

      Futuring and Innovation 1 It is a very pleasant thing to visualize ones ideal state of existence. To dream big, imagine for a moment a time and place that has no limits imposed by time, money, talent, or any other common obstacles that serve as a strong headwind against our inner ambitions. In such a moment, we get a rare glimpse at what is truly possible and shed our own psychologically imposed shackles.  The below listing represents my dreams; as silly and impractical as they may seem, they are nevertheless mine.    Education: Earn my computer science and cybersecurity doctorate to support my passion for teaching and consulting.  Pass the CISSP exam, which is a popular certification in cybersecurity. Pass the CISM exam, which is a popular certification in cybersecurity Pass the CEH exam, which is the premier certification for ethical hacking. Master learning Russian. I studied Russian during my freshman year of college and would love ...

CS875 Unit 5 Discussion Board Posts     Discussion Board 2 CS875 Unit 5 DB 2 Planning and Forecasting  Prediction What will the future hold? Since the times of Nostradamus, humans have been trying to predict the future. Perhaps this is so that we can feel some sense of power or control over the events that shape our lives or perhaps so that we profit from these future changes. Having the eyes of a seer and being able to truly see into the future has not yet been proven possible (Smile J ), but it is possible to look at technologies that exist today and to try and forecast how those technologies may be applied in the future.   Who are the people that make these predictions, and can they be taken seriously is a question I asked myself while conducting research for this assignment. I found that the most likely predictors of the future include academics (of course, we would use the power of our super brains to predict the future, lol), government agencies, ...