Information Technology
Computer science
Computer science is the academic discipline that studies computation, algorithms, and information processes in both theory and practice. Emerging as an independent field in the early 1960s, it encompasses subfields from theoretical foundations and programming languages to artificial intelligence, computer architecture, and human–computer interaction.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is the discipline concerned with protecting information systems, networks, software, and data from unauthorized access, disruption, and damage. It integrates technical controls, governance, risk management, and incident response across organizations and critical infrastructure. Contemporary practice draws on standards such as NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework and ISO/IEC 27001, regulatory regimes like GDPR and U.S. SEC disclosure rules, and threat intelligence from industry and public agencies.
Ephemerality
Ephemerality is the quality of being short-lived or transitory, a property observed across language, religion, aesthetics, ecology, and digital technology. Rooted in the Greek ephēmeros, meaning “lasting one day,” the concept frames cultural attitudes toward change, loss, and documentation and informs practices from Buddhist ritual to performance art, from desert botany to ephemeral social media.