Cybertraps Podcast

Updates Travel to the 24th Annual Professional Practices Institute in Oklahoma City, OK My first flight trip in a year+(!) PPI is a program of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) NASDTEC has operated since 1928 as “a professional membership organization representing state departments of education and professional standards boards/commissions...

As current VP at Drip7, a microlearning platform for Cybersecurity education, Tara Anderson has been instrumental in increasing the revenue of some of the largest and most prestigious corporations in the world while mitigating cyber and compliance risk. Passionate about risk management, cyber security, behavior design, and education; Snapshots of her contributions can be found on IBMTV ‘World Edit...

Today we take a look at the issue of surveillance of students in and by schools - Three areas of surveillance - In school - Physical and network surveillance - Online - Surveillance of social media activity - At home - Surveillance through school-issued equipment - What information is being collected and what is being done with it? - Center for Democracy and Technology study: - 86% of teachers rep...

Dimitri Nemirovsky holds BBA and MBA degrees from Baruch College and earned his JD from Brooklyn Law School. Prior to co-founding Atakama , Dimitri spent 15 years practicing regulatory and enforcement law, most recently at Bingham McCutchen where he represented large financial institutions in high-stakes matters. Dimitri began his career at Merrill Lynch where he focused on the various Federal and...

The question of the day: What role can or should video games play in the classroom? A massive, massive economic sector 2020 – Approximately $66 billion dollars for the U.S. industry as a whole; worldwide, $177 billion According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA): Average age of video game player is 31 90% of gamers are over 18 Largest segment is 18–34 year olds (38 percent) 76% of peo...

Marcus Marena is a felony investigator in the public defender’s office in Chittenden County, Vermont. Why Marcus loves working for public defenders. You may deserve to be in jail, but how did we get here? Felony and other investigations. Digital investigations Technology is always there. Law enforcement extractions and phone dumps. Marcus advises to always make the police get a warrant. Is technol...

First Question: How old is your little app user? Do they really need a smartphone or tablet? “Raising Cyberethical Kids” Book: https://link.cybertraps.com/RCK_PB Audio Course: https://gum.co/rckaudio Issues to Consider When Planning Child App Use Age Maturity Life Balance Necessity (School Work, Family Communication, etc.) In-App Purchases / Costs Privacy Issues (COPPA) Deception and Danger (Inapp...

In this episode we talk about supply chain issues and how technology impacts that sector. Rosemary Coates is the Founder and Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute She is also the President of Blue Silk Consulting, a supply-chain management consulting firm. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, a 501c3 nonprofit and non-partisan organization focused on e...

In this episode, we discuss the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). It’s not nearly as boring as it sounds! - A project Fred’s been working on for drip7 - Heather Stratford, Episode 61 - What is COPPA? - Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in 1998 - COPPA required the Federal Trade Commission to issue and enforce regulations concerning children’s online privacy. The Comm...

Dr. Ora D. Tanner is the Assistant Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research at the University of South Florida (USF). She previously worked as a nuclear physicist, science educator, and more recently as a graduate researcher on NSF-funded grant projects related to digital game-based learning and assessment. Ora earned her B.S. and M.S. in physics from Dillard University of New Orleans and...

Show Notes The Cybertraps Podcast is a production of The Center for Cyberethics, an independent, non-partisan educational institute dedicated to the study and promotion of cyberethics as a positive social force through research, curricula development, publishing and media, professional training, and public advocacy. Build the Non-Profit One Pillar at a Time First Pillar: Cyberethics in the School...

Joshua Powell spent 23 years in the Marines doing Command and Control operations and the last 5 working as a contractor. Spent 3 years with the Navy working Electronic Warfare / Information Operations and the last two working with George Mason University, Rapid Prototyping Research Center as a Senior Research Faculty. Focused on airborne networking technologies. From the time our kids are born the...

Greg Edwards is the CEO of CryptoStopper™, which provides ransomware protection by automatically detecting and stopping actively running ransomware attacks. The are the world’s first digital security product to offer 100% ransomware protection. Ransomware is affecting so many people. How big of a problem is it really? How can you guarantee to protect companies against ransomware? What steps can ev...

Heather is a researcher and author in the United States who has spent 15 years studying innovation in education and the rise of blended learning as the enabler of student-centered learning. She is the co-author of the Amazon bestseller Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, as well as The Blended Workbook As the founder of Ready to Blend, Heather leads a team of 150 facilitators...

WhatsApp Pussy Cat? Today Fred and Jethro talk all about WhatsApp, the background, how it’s used, and what to look out for. What Is It? WhatsApp Messenger Who Built It? Brian Acton and Jan Koum, former Yahoo! employees, wrote the first version in 2009 Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion Who Is Using It? Lots and lots of people … Roughly 2 billion monthly users worldwide WhatsApp has...

In this episode we talk with Andrea Hainsworth about how to help family members who are struggling with unwanted pornography use. Andrea Hainsworth is an associate licensed mental health counselor in Spokane Washington. She is a graduate of Gonzaga university with a masters degree in marriage and family counseling. She is trained in emotionally focused therapy and owns a private practice which wor...

Richard Byrne is the President of Byrne Instructional Media, LLC. He is best known for developing the award-winning blogs Free Technology for Teachers and Practical Ed Tech. His work is focused on helping teachers use technology to improve their students’ learning experiences. He has been a high school social studies teacher and is currently a computer science teacher. Richard’s print work include...

Scott Schober is the author of three best-selling security books: Senior Cyber, Hacked Again, and Cybersecurity is Everybody’s Business. He has dedicated himself to educating as many people as possible by telling his own stories of being hacked with the hope that others can learn from his mistakes. As a lifelong technology innovator and inventor, Scott began seeking ways to help seniors seamlessly...

In this episode we will do a deep dive about TikTok and give parents ideas and suggestions for how to manage TikTok at home. What Is TikTok? A free social network service that focuses on the sharing of short videos (15 seconds to 3 minutes) with background music It is available on iOS and Android It was originally launched in 2017 but did not really take off until it merged with another Chinese so...

In this podcast we are talking about the Supreme Court decision this fall regarding Mahanoy Valley v BL and Apple's new policy on cryptographically scanning files for CSAM content. SCOTUS Decision Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (Brandi Levy) SCOTUSblog Language warning Majority [8-1] opinion written by Justice Breyer Facts Levy tried out for varsity cheerleading but was offered a spot on the...

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 m...

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 Netf...

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 tran...

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 cauti...

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...