Autistic People Can Solve Our Cybersecurity Crisis

Alan Turing was the mastermind whose role in cracking the Nazi Enigma code helped the Allies win World War II. He built a machine to do the calculations necessary to decipher enemy messages and today is hailed as the father of the com­puter and artificial intelligence. He’s also widely believed to have been autistic.

While Turing’s renown has arguably never been higher, today we are failing to recognize the potential in millions of other talented minds all around us. Like Turing, many of them are also capable of exceptional technological expertise that can help to safeguard our nation.

Kevin Pelphrey

Full Story: https://www.wired.com/2016/11/autistic-people-can-solve-cybersecurity-crisis/

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