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Shiraaz Moollatjie

On the one hand, go is great for cryptography (take a look at the crypto packages and how well it deals with bytes), so from a language perspective it's one of the tools that's useful for cyber security. It's useful for learning the fundamentals of cryptography and can be used to build more sophisticated solutions.

On the other hand, cyber security is a bit more broad and involves more than just a programming language (there's infrastructure, OSes and other aspects to consider).

So yes, go is a nice language and you can solve cybersecurity problems with it, but it's not a silver bullet or a golden hammer too.