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Exposing Young People to Cyber Security with Sam Bourgeois Cybertraps 67 Aug 12, 2021

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Sam is an IT Director and consultant with experience in K–12 education, corporate training, and telecommunications. He spent over ten years living and working in Bush Alaska, visiting 97 small towns and villages across the state, 3 years in China, and now resides in southern Florida with his wife and two boys. He is certified in a number of technology and vendor platforms/skills, but has focused more on cybersecurity in the last 3 years. He is passionate about privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity… especially when it comes to our youth. MakeITSecure is a consultant company that helps schools harden their systems when schools can’t afford a full time CISO.

What it was like being a teacher in Bush Alaska.
Why are schools not doing more to protect their students, staff and data?
MakeITSecure
How to make security a priority.
You can’t just have IT be the only ones thinking about security, because all issues are security related.
What should we spend money on in schools?
Risk management equation.
Where you should put your schools’ money when it comes to security
What’s your goal? What are you trying to accomplish with that security program?
Sit down and evaluate your risk and try to fill your gaps.
Low-hanging fruit to reduce your risk.
Information audit - what are the states of their policies and procedures.
Repository of templates within a consortium so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
Free software comes with a cost.
There are ways to make anything safer.
Transparent, honest communication.
Just enough, just in time, just for me.
Comparing your roles as an IT Director for schools in the US or Program Director for a US telecom, how would you describe social media, the internet, and digital trends in China -
As a consumer it was a healthy experience.
Serious seeds of doubt or a complete misunderstanding of it.
Connection of Social Credit Score and our current situation.

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HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right with Ted Harrington Cybertraps 65 Aug 06, 2021

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Ted Harrington is the #1 best selling author of HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right, and the Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), the company of ethical hackers famous for hacking cars, medical devices, web applications, and password managers. He’s helped hundreds of companies fix tens of thousands of security vulnerabilities, including Google, Amazon, and Netflix. Ted has been featured in more than 100 media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Forbes. His team founded and organizes IoT Village, an event whose hacking contest is a three-time DEF CON Black Badge winner. He hosts the Tech Done Different podcast.

To get help with security consulting and security assessments, or to book Ted to keynote your next event, visit https://www.tedharrington.com.

Using a modifier with a password
How to think like an attacker
A hacker is a problem solver - the intent is what matters.
My job is to think the bad thoughts and ask the hard questions
How to hack a bar waiting line.
Determine what the rules of the game are
The people who really succeed are the people who see the way the world could be.
It’s really about independent thinking.
Constraints provide opportunity for us to do better.
How to teach people to be better
Give kids opportunities to explore their creativity.
Most humans are inherently wired to do good and make good choices.
Be Better - the two words that define security
Start from the foundation that all people are good.
Automation of hacking techniques and if it’s too easy to be bad, people will do that.
The democratization of an elite skill
Zeroday vulnerabilities marketplace
Security research community.
The Blockchain bandit.
What do we do about zerodays? We have to accept that they exist, and then we have to go find them.

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Seeing People as Humans First with Dr. April Joy Damian Cybertraps 64 Aug 02, 2021

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Dr. April Joy Damian is an epidemiologist, health services researcher, and classically trained public health professional with expertise in health equity, social determinants of health, psychiatric epidemiology, and mixed methods. She currently serves as the Associate Director of the Weitzman Institute, a research, education, and policy center dedicated to quality improvement and primary care transformation, with a particularly focus on vulnerable populations. Dr. Damian is also the immediate Past Chair of the AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research IG Advisory Board, and concurrently holds faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Wesleyan University. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelors of Arts in Ethnic Studies, Highest Honors. She then went on to earn a Masters in Medical Sciences from Harvard Medical School and PhD in the Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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How to Secure Your Reputation with Tom Kowalski Cybertraps 63 Jul 29, 2021

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Tom Kowalski is the Founder and CEO of REP, a global digital security and reputation advisory firm specializing risk protection. REP helps to preserve online assets, and public images.

Provide peace of mind and ease worry about reputation.
Social media platforms are incredibly unhelpful
Model is built on advertising and treating users as users, not customers.
Can be difficult to suppress
Be cautious about what you put out there.
Revealing information inadvertently though using social media
Right to be forgotten.
Kids are at various stages of “brand development”
Freeze kids’ credit scores
Monitor kids’ social media
Make a plan.

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Growth After Tragedy with Jane Clementi Cybertraps 62 Jul 26, 2021

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Jane Clementi co-founded the Tyler Clementi Foundation alongside husband Joe because she wants to make sure that our society learns the consequences of discrimination and bullying, as she learned all too personally through the loss of her son. A native of New Jersey and devoted mother of three sons, Jane speaks passionately to parents and community leaders about the need to not merely “accept” or “tolerate” children who come out as LGBT, but to embrace them as wondrous creations of God. Jane, a registered nurse, speaks on the need for parents of LGBT children to come out and speak openly of the love they have for their children, and in doing so each one of us can impact the world around us and create accepting environments. Since losing Tyler, Jane’s spiritual journey has continued to carry and transform her in ways she never would have imagined. She left her church home of many years because she felt that while sitting in the pews of a church that condemned LGBT people she was herself a bystander to bullying. Jane leads an inspirational life through her unique experience which she shares with other parents, and speaks passionately about the need to divorce the concept of “sin” from homosexuality. She has made difficult choices in an impossible situation, and leads by example. She has spoken out in support of LGBT rights and the need for families and communities to embrace their LGBT populations. Jane has spoken before the U.S. Congressional HELP Committee, the National Cathedral, and numerous other faith communities, colleges, universities, high schools, and work places.

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How to Teach Cybersecurity with Heather Stratford Cybertraps 61 Jul 22, 2021

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Heather is a thought-leader in the IT Training and Cybersecurity field. Heather keynotes at conferences, universities, and for enterprise clients. Heather regularly speaks about Cybersecurity, Women in Technology, Women and Diversity in Cybersecurity, creating a Cybersecurity Culture, Entrepreneurship, Privacy, and the shifting regulations and how to manage cybersecurity risks.

In 2019, Heather won a national year-long fellowship with the Tory Burch Foundation, received a national scholarship from Goldman Sachs to participate in the 10,000 Small Businesses Program, and is a 2019 alumni of the Babson College Entrepreneurship Program. In 2018, Heather received the Women in Business Leadership Award from Whitworth University and was featured by global organizations such as the 2018 G7 Summit held in Canada. She has also served as a Board Member on the Community Security Coalition, a regional non-profit helping provide cyber and technology education.

In security, education is key, so how do we teach people security principles in an effective way?

A new phenomenon in the industry around creating
Humans are the biggest attack area
2020 was the largest increase in breeches according to FBI.
“This gives us a number”
Baseline test.
Most phishing campaigns are individual and unique.
Reporting how many people are reporting something suspicious
Metaphor of the virtual fire alarm.
Not sure means not enough education.
Drip7 teaches behavior change.
Safety in manufacturing made the culture to be safety-aware.
Positive reinforcement in a consistent area.
Lessons that are learned for business in an organization
Demographics of who is in the workplace.
It is critical to our whole way of life to be secure.
Adahar - Indian social security system.
Hospital system that recognized the need for behavior change.
Where to start with cybersecurity? 1. acknowledge that it is a problem. 2. Education
Reach out to Heather on LinkedIn

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The Powerful Connection Of Music With Michael Skinner Cybertraps 60 Jul 20, 2021

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Michael Skinner is an award-winning advocate, educator, writer and critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, guitarist, addressing the issues of trauma, abuse and mental health concerns through public speaking, writing and his music.

He has spoken at the National Press Club, was a keynote presenter for a conference held by the United Nations, The State Department and Georgetown University on the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and adults and he was part of the groundbreaking Oprah Winfrey Shows that addressed the issues of males sexually abused as children.

Since 1993, Michael’s uplifting and heartwarming story and songs of Hope and Healing has impacted thousands of people every year throughout the country. His presentations at colleges, universities, high schools, mental health centers and conferences, churches, civic groups, sexual assault and domestic violence support centers and conferences, including a women’s correctional center in Hawaii are highly acclaimed.

He has appeared on many TV, radio and Internet shows and has been the subject of many news articles regarding child abuse and mental health. Michael is also a frequent and sought after blogger on several websites and writer of articles for mental health publications. He has contributed chapters for three books, “Jyu No Tobira” [ “The Door To Freedom - Live Your Life From Today”] published in Japan, “Our Encounters with Suicide”, Europe and Great Britain and, “You Can Help: A Guide for Family & Friends of Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Assault”, United States. Michael is also featured in the film documentary, “Hold Me Right”, addressing the aftermath of sexual abuse.

His role as a consultant and trainer for the Federal government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors has been crucial in helping to shape the policy initiatives and directives for the delivery and implementation of trauma informed care and services. And he has worked with organizations nationwide to address the stigma of mental health and ending the silence of child abuse and suicide.

Michael is also the founder and director of The Surviving Spirit; a monthly newsletter and website sharing resources to help those impacted by trauma, abuse and mental health challenges.

S.E.S.A.M.E.
twitter SurvivinSpirit
Michael Skinner Music
Surviving Spirit Web Site
Mike Skinner’s YouTube page
A teacher who was asking questions and I couldn’t answer those questions.
School should be a place of safety.
Showing that kid that you caare for them as a human being.
Nothing about us without us.
What would make the school a safe place?
The powerful connection of music.
Be aware of mission creep.
Trauma is disconnecting us, Music and the Arts connect us.
What has happened to you?
1in6 and male survivor
Repressed vs Suppresed memory
National sexual exploitation hotline. 1 (800) 656–4673

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Teach Them and Let Them Make Choices with Brandon Laur Cybertraps 59 Jul 15, 2021

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Brandon Laur has been employed with Personal Protection Systems working as a White Hatter for over 12 years. Since May 2013, Brandon has been operating in a management position in the organization overseeing special project developments; most recently, developing the White Hatter production studio and the subsequent YouTube channel, livestream, and webinar platforms. He has a master’s degree in Professional Communication, specializing in phishing cyberattacks. Brandon actively facilitates educational programs designed for students of all ages, parents, teachers, and business professionals on the topics of privacy, security, digital literacy, and online digital intelligence gathering. In addition to these responsibilities, Brandon is multi-certified and continuing to receive ongoing training in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) to use in conjunction with his security experience and academic pursuits. Brandon’s real-world experience using social media and the internet has played a major role in the growth of all internet and social media safety programs offered by The White Hatter.

Why technology/internet is always such the focus of concern
Parenting online: what can they do the best parent today’s youth
Teens sexting rates, challenges, research
What is the best security tips to consumers to prevent being haked/scammed
Juvenoia - overexagerration of fear of kids getting involved in something new.
Interventions for youth struggling.
How to define sexting.
Parents using phones as pacifiers.

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Let’s Stop Talking to People Like Robots with Ben Meiselas Cybertraps 58 Jul 12, 2021

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Ben Meiselas is a civil rights lawyer and the founder of Meidas Touch.

Background is a civil rights Lawyer - strange to be associated with Meidas Touch
Meidas Touch started during the quarantine.
You’ve been in the public spotlight for various things - how has this been different?
Be as transparent about who you are.
Transparency - putting our personalities out there.
How they think about what they post.
Thinking about the language that they are using and how it reflects on their biases.
Kids under 14 or 15 shouldn’t be having the conversations that I am having.
Meidas University
How they handle teaching cyberethics, copyright, and more.
Differentiating between political leanings and being pro-democracy
The Trial of the Chicago 7
It’s about whether you support or don’t support democracy

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The Key to Reduction is Prevention with Brian Devine Cybertraps 57 Jul 08, 2021

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Brian Devine is the Director of Educator Licensure at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. He has been with the Department since 1997 and has been leading the Licensure Office since 2004. In 2014 and 2015, he was recognized as part of teams that received the Manuel Carballo Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service for his teamwork on implementing Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners (RETELL) and his leadership in directing the Licensure Office our of a tremendous backlog of applications. Most recently, he was awarded two Pride in Performance Awards in 2020 for his work on the creation of a new emergency license and for how the Licensure Office responded during the pandemic. Brian is currently serving on the NASDTEC Executive Board as the Northeast Regional Director and previously served on the Board from 2008–2014, including President in 2012–13. After graduating from Salem State University, he obtained licensure as a history and social studies teacher and later earned a master’s degree in Public Administration from Framingham State University.

What the director of licensure does!
400 school districts and 80,000 educators who need to be licensed.
Changes over the last several years
Smartphones, internet use, social media
Increase in volume of cases over the years.
Clearinghouse with NASDTEC to go out through other states.
Challenge of different restrictions on educators and infringing on their ability to be human beings or parents, themselves.
The burden of checking is on the local district.
Department could have subpoena power.
How states get information on actions taken in other states.
Good moral educator clause
What should districts do to reduce tech-related educator misconduct?
Do more to support prevention
What should teachers individually do to reduce tech-related educator misconduct?
Pay attention to what they’re doing, and look at what the impression may be that they are sending.
NEA has built microcredentials
Watch for grooming behaviors.
NASDTEC Courses

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