Name That Edge Toon: Greetings and Salutations

Who are you? Who is the person behind the machine? Security involves asking people who they are all the time. Send us a cybersecurity-related caption to describe the above scene. Our favorite entry will win its wordsmith a $25 gift card.
Here are four convenient ways to submit your ideas before the Jan. 28, 2025 deadline:
Email [email protected] with the subject line "Edge January Toon."
Via social media: X, Facebook, and LinkedIn. (New! Bluesky, too!) (If you win, we'll respond to you on the same platform, requesting your email address.)
Last Month's Winner
Shout out — and a $25 Amazon gift card — to Marcello Delcaro, winner of the July contest "Cyber Cloudburst," for sending us the winning caption for December's "Shackled!" cartoon. Some noteworthy contenders included "Corporate says we're free to innovate — just not free to leave," "Now I know why they are called control systems," and "Phase 3 of the Cyber Kill Chain-Exploitation." A big thank you to all who participated.
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