I clearly remember a morning where everything changed within seconds.

I was there for a simple routine task.  Nothing dramatic. Just a routing check for a highly sensitive banking environment.

One of those days where you think:

“This will be quick, simple, predictable.”

Then the alert dropped.

“Suspicious traffic detected — potential breach.”

The atmosphere shifted instantly.
Keyboards stopped.
Eyes lifted.
Voices became short and precise.

That moment taught me something:
Behind every alert, there are human lives depending on a system.

🔐 1. Inside a bank, a cyber attack is human before it is technical

People often imagine panic happening in the IT room first.
It’s the opposite.

The first shock waves hit:

• risk teams

• compliance officers

• finance executives

Because a breach isn’t just a technical event.
It’s a trust event.
A financial event.
A reputation event.

Suddenly, technology becomes a matter of strategy.

🧩 2. The first minutes rely entirely on network and security teams

There is a unique kind of silence during an attack:
the silence where everyone looks at the network and security engineers.

Because we must answer the unspoken question:

“Are we losing control?”

We have to:

• analyze traffic in real time

• detect anomalies

• isolate suspicious segments

• evaluate the scope

• recommend whether to cut, limit, or reroute

No book prepares you for that moment.

That day, I understood something simple:

“The network is not just packets.
It is the nervous system of an economy.”

🧠 3. What technically happens during an attack

📌 1. An abnormal flow

Too repetitive, too large, from an unusual region, or targeting a critical service.

📌 2. SOC and network teams correlate logs

Checking:

• traffic patterns

• known signatures

• routing changes

• unauthorized access

📌 3. Containment

Just like a water system, we close one valve without shutting down the entire city.

📌 4. Business decisions

Cutting costs money.
Leaving things open may cost more.
Communicating can reassure — or alarm.

It is a formula:
technology × business × humans.

🏦 4. Why banks invest heavily in cybersecurity

Because a breach can:

• cost millions

• damage trust

• trigger regulators

• destabilize operations

A bank isn’t just a service — it’s a trust infrastructure.

❤️ 5. The LS2EC message

If you’re a beginner and this sounds overwhelming, listen:

Cybersecurity is not reserved for geniuses.
It’s not a talent.
It’s not a mountain.

It’s a path.

And what matters on this path is not speed —
it’s clarity, patience, humility, and consistency.

I always say:

“Technology belongs to those who take the time to understand it.”

And you can be one of them.