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The History, Mystery, and Rise of AI at CornCon! Oct 07, 2023

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Dr. John Johnson describes why he created the wildly popular cybersecurity conference, CornCon! It was first held in 2015, in Davenport, Iowa on the banks of the Mississippi River. He also describes the goals for the conference, how it is unique from others in offering a children’s hacking bootcamp, and a hacking contest for teens, along with two days of sessions and activities for professionals. Rebecca is also excited to be a speaker with her talk, “It’s Not Always a Rattlesnake Just Because It Rattles: Everything I Learned About Risk Management I Learned on the Farm,” and picks John’s brain to get some tips. Plus, a Bill Murray after-party…oh, yeah, we’re there! Please listen in! #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #Compliance #Law #JohnJohnson #CornCon #ProfessionalDevelopment

Need More Privacy? Write the Privacy Law We All Need! Sep 02, 2023

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Do you see a need for more privacy in certain areas of your life? Or within certain industries? Or throughout society? Well, don’t just sit there; get up offa that thing, and get that new privacy law drafted into a bill, and then passed into law! It’ll make you and everyone else who cares about privacy feel better, while also strengthening privacy protections. Want to know how? Tom Kemp, author of the newly released book, “Containing Big Tech: How to Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, and Democracy,” is on the show to tell you how! . Please listen in! . . #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #Compliance #Law #TomKemp

A Romance Scammer Took All My Dying Mother's Money Aug 05, 2023

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April describes the horrific harms that romance scammers caused her mother while terminally ill with cancer, and Kathy describes the upcoming World Romance Scam Prevention Day that her organization established. A must-listen-to episode!

GDPR Compliance Stats Everyone, Everywhere, Needs to Know! Jul 01, 2023

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The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in effect for 5 years now. What have been the impacts to organizations who must comply? What have been the penalties applied? And for what specific non-compliance issues? Which EU country has been most active in applying GDPR non-compliance penalties? Have there been any countries where no fines/penalties have been applied? What is the largest GDPR fine/penalty to date and to what entity was it applied? What was it for; which GDPR Article(s) were violated? Rebecca speaks with Tara Taubmann-Bassirian, a well-known GDPR expert and Privacy Hero of the Year award winner to get answers to these, and more questions. Please listen in! #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #Cybercrime #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #GDPR #Compliance #EUPrivacy #PersonalData #Law

Individuals & Businesses: Mitigate! Those! Risks! Jun 03, 2023

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Everyone is at risk of cybercrime, privacy breaches, and associated physical risks. Individuals in their personal lives, as well as businesses and their employees within work areas…which are often in homes, and other locations outside of physical business facilities…are at risk. Each and every one of them needs to understand how to recognize information security and privacy risks, and basic ways to mitigate those identified risks. But most folks don’t know how to do this. More needs to be done to raise awareness of these important life-encompassing risks if we have any chance at all of slowing down and preventing security incidents and privacy breaches. We dedicate this episode to supporting that goal! In this episode Rebecca has a highly informative discussion with Ron Woerner, a noted international consultant, keynote speaker, teacher, blogger, and writer in the Privacy and Cybersecurity industry. The show starts with the inaugural episode of the new game show, “Mitigate! That! Risk!” Discussion then covers the following: • What are risks in personal lives, as opposed to in business? • What is risk management? • What has been the most significant change in risk management since Ron started his security and privacy career? • What has stayed the same for risk management since the beginning of Ron’s career? • What is zero trust, as it relates to risk management? • What is data centric security, as it relates to risk management? • And more… Please listen in! #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #Cybercrime #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #RiskAssessment #RiskAnalysis

IoT Stalking, IoT Jewelry, JuiceJacking, AI, CheckWashing & More! May 06, 2023

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In this episode Rebecca continues answering a few more of the hundreds of questions she has received from listeners and readers throughout the past few months, covering a wide range of topics. Some of the questions include: • What happened to those men, bar owners, who were arrested for stalking a woman by using digital tracking devices there in Des Moines, Iowa? Did they go to prison? What laws apply? Hear Rebecca’s answers, in addition to other associated news and points about IoT trackers, and how to identify if they are stalking you. • The FBI and FCC recently warned that those free USB charging stations in public spaces, such as airports, hotels, hospitals, etc., can have devices hidden within them to steal data, spread malware, etc. Didn’t you discuss this in a previous episode? What are some other ways to prevent such skimmers from stealing data? What other harms can result from such skimmers and modified charging cords? Rebecca answers these, and provides some additional helpful information for this threat. • A family member was a victim of check washing! Are there any more tips you have about how to prevent check washing that you can provide in addition to those your described in your December 2022 Privacy Professor Tips message? • I received a pretty “smart” necklace for Hanukkah that, if you press the button on the charm twice, texts and GPS location will immediately be sent to up to five friends/family members to let them know help is needed. With an option to also contact 911. It sounds like it could be extremely privacy-invasive. What tips do you have for me to use this in a secure, privacy-protecting way? Rebecca provides several suggestions, along with a real-life case of IoT being used to track down an assault victim. • Do you think AI and ML will help to reduce financial cybercrime or make it worse? Rebecca’s answer may surprise you! • And more… Rebecca provides answers that all listeners, anywhere in the world, can use. #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #Cybercrime #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #Spam #Spoofing #Dobbs #DobbsLeak #Government Security #IoT #IoTSecurity #IoTPrivacy #LocationTrackers #IoTAssaults #IoTCrime #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #MachineLearning #CheckWashing #StalkingLaws #CyberStalking #USBSkimmers #JuiceJacking #Malware

AI Challenges & Risks: Security, Privacy, Bias & Ethics Apr 01, 2023

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AI has quickly become pervasive in all our lives. But, how can it impact us? Consider a couple of examples. Lensa is an app that takes real photos and uses AI to make art images from them. Millions have used it. Others are concerned about the related privacy and intellectual property rights problems it creates. Lensa uses a huge open-source collection of data to train its AI that contains than 5 billion publicly accessible images that it categorizes as “research.” However, it not only includes copyrighted work, but also personal medical records and images, as well as disturbing images of violence and sexual abuse, many from police reports. This creates privacy, copyright and other intellectual property rights, legal and compliance concerns. Another AI tool, ChatGPT, surpassed 100 million users early in 2023 and is creating a large and growing number of concerns about security, privacy, intellectual property and legal risks. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to grow by more than 25% each year for the next five years and could contribute over $15 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Many questions need to be answered about AI! Listen in to hear my conversation with Pamela Gupta about a wide range of AI issues. • Who is ensuring the AI algorithms are secure? And accurate? • What happens if someone’s private photos show up incorporated into an AI generated image? • What are the privacy risks? • What are the security risks? • What are the ethical considerations for AI use? • What are the dangers of biased AI? • What are the “Essential Trusted AI Pillars”? Pamela answers these and many more questions. See more about Pamela Gupta at https://www.outsecure.com/. #PamelaGupta #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #Lensa #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #Cybercrime #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #Cybercriminals

“Romance Scammers Have Used My Photos Since 2016” Mar 04, 2023

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Bryan Denny served as an officer in the U.S. Army for 26 years. In 2016, Bryan’s photos were stolen and used to build thousands of fake profiles. Kathy Waters has logged over 4,000 volunteer hours helping those like Bryan Denny whose identity has been stolen, as well as the women and men who have fallen victim to the scammers. Each day new headlines report the financial and emotional destruction that romance scammers wreak on their victims’ lives, who include both the targeted victims of the scams, and those whose images are used by the criminals to commit the crimes. Listen in to hear my riveting conversation with Bryan Denny and Kathy Waters as they describe the vast amount of damage romance scammers are increasingly causing. • How did Bryan discover his identity was being used for romance scams? • How did Kathy get involved with helping hundreds of romance scam victims? • What tactics do romance scammers use? • What are some of the real-life experiences of romance scam victims? • Why are romance scammers so successful with their crimes? • How can you spot a likely romance scammer? • To what groups, agencies, etc. should romance scammers be reported? Kathy and Bryan answer these and many more questions. See more about Kathy Waters and Bryan Denny at https://advocatingforu.com/meet-the-board #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #Cybercrime #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #IDTheft #IdentityTheft #IDFraud #IdentityFraud #Cybercriminals #RomanceScams #ScamVictims

Dobbs Leak, Airtags, Spam, Spoofed Email, & Data Privacy Day! Feb 04, 2023

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It has been almost three years since Rebecca has done a show answering listener questions; it is time she did another one! In this episode she answers a wide range of questions. Some of the questions include: • Why are location trackers (Apple Airtag, Tile, etc.) bad from a privacy perspective? They aren’t even sending any personal information; just location. Should they be outlawed if they are actually bad? Listen in to hear not only her answer, but how she explains what engineers need to consider in the design of these, and other types of, IoT products. • How do you think the Dobbs decision was leaked last year from the US Supreme Court? Rebecca provides some insightful theories that have not yet been discussed anywhere else! • Some spam blockers, like AOL spam blocker, are not effective against email addresses. How can more email spam be blocked? Rebecca provides some good advice in response. • How can spoofed emails be prevented? Everyone needs to hear Rebecca’s answer to this. • Should spoofed emails be reported? To where? Rebecca provides answers that all listeners, anywhere in the world, can use. Listen in to hear the answers to these, and more, questions. #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #Cybercrime #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #Spam #Spoofing #Dobbs #DobbsLeak #Government Security #IoT #IoTSecurity #IoTPrivacy #LocationTrackers #IoTAssaults #IoTCrime

A Cybersecurity Expert’s Real Life Identity Theft Experience Jan 07, 2023

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Everyone is a target for identity thieves. Even the most brilliant cybersecurity and privacy experts. Why? One significant reason is because when those organizations and individuals who possess and use your personal data do not effectively secure that data, they leave it vulnerable, leaving YOU at the mercy of cybercrooks. Listen in to hear my riveting conversation with Christine Abruzzi, cybersecurity expert with 30 years of experience, and owner of Cacapon Cyber Solutions describe her current real-life experiences in helping a family member who is an identity theft victim. • What tipped them off that something was wrong? • How they first react and respond? • How did this identity theft situation occur? • What actions are they taking to clean up the victim’s credit files? • What are the lessons learned? • How can listeners protect themselves, family and friends from being identity theft and fraud victims? Christine answers these and many more questions. See more about Christine at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-abruzzi-738aa913/ See the identity theft & fraud resource list mentioned during the show at https://privacysecuritybrainiacs.com/privacy-professor-blog/ It will be posted on 1/7/2023 #Privacy #PrivacyManagement #RiskManagement #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #Cybercrime #PersonalData #Awareness #Education #IDTheft #IdentityTheft #IDFraud #IdentityFraud

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