Cybertraps Podcast

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 wo...

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 se...

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 Pr...

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 th...

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...

In this episode Jethro and Fred talk with Quinton B. Dale, who investigates teachers who are applying for licensure in Massachussetts. Quinton B. Dale Is currently the Chief of Investigations for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Office of Professional Practices Investigations.  He previously served as Director of the Investigation Division, Deputy Director of the...

In this episode we talk with Marlena Gross-Taylor about how to establish screen time policies and routines that will carry them into their lifetimes. We also talk about the ways that schools have had to change because of the pandemic. Marlena Gross-Taylor is an amazing school leader and founder of Edugladiators. They are all about doing what is best for kids. Marlena has been a friend of mine for...

Rob Shavell has been working on protecting the online security and digital footprint of individuals and businesses for more than 10 years. He is the founder of Abine & DeleteMe (joindeleteme.com) which seek to prevent data brokers from selling your information. Entrepreneurs want to solve a big problem. For the typical person, what we find isn’t useful information. Blatant exposure of person’s...

Scott C. Tennant is a Senior Program Strategist with Risk Program Administrators and the Deputy Executive Director of the School Pool for Excess Liability Limits Joint Insurance Fund commonly referred to as SPELL by its 83 school district members.  Scott has been in the  insurance and risk management field for 33 years, beginning as a retail broker focused on public agencies and migrating to publi...

Louis-David Mangin is the CEO of Confiant, Inc . Confiant is the first company to launch a malvertising product that captured harmful ads in real time, protecting users from forceful redirects and phishing scams (like the very recent Elon Musk bitcoin fiasco). Confiant also just launched the first-ever Privacy Compliance Product to ensure consent matches with GDPR and CCPA and similar evolving reg...

Philippe Humeau graduated in 1999 as IT security engineer from EPITA (Paris, France). He founded his first company right after school and dedicated it to red team penetration testing and high security hosting. He was also deeply involved in Magento’s community creation & animation in France and versed into eCommerce (wrote 4 books on the topic). After selling this first company (NBS System), h...

We are excited to announce the formation of the Center for Cyberethics! We invite you to check out the new web site and of course, Donate! :) We are looking for all kinds of people to help us with the Center, so if you are interested, please reach out! We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and so...

Neil Gurnhill Founder and CEO of Node International and Cyberman365. We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help yo...

Bliss Landon is a longtime Insurance Specialist and the Founder, President, and CEO of U-PIC Insurance Services, Inc., where she provides leadership and direction to her senior management team, and dictates the overall culture of the organization. Since 1989, Bliss has been dedicated to providing low cost shipping insurance to individuals and businesses. She understands the need for peace of mind...

Jason Hong is a full professor in the Human Computer Interaction Institute, which is part of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He was formerly an associate editor for IEEE Pervasive Computing, and currently on the editorial board for ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction. He has chaired or co-chaired a number of technical program committees, including Hot...

In this episode we talk with Bjarke Calvin about his new service, TimerKid and why screentime and communication is so important. Bjarke Calvin comes from a media background, and has spend a lot of time on projects that battle the negative effects of social media. That led to a deep interest in how we can generally use our digital devices and internet content in a more healthy way. His current proj...

Keith Zamudio began his career as an educator in 1979 in Somerton, Arizona where he met his wife, best friend, and partner, Kathy, of 36 years. He has been an educator for nearly forty years, thirty-three in Alaska. Keith began exploring the use of instructional technologies as a learning tool in 1984. In 1988, he began to teach fourth graders to keyboard, and learn basic file management skills on...

Facebook opened to people over 13 on September 2006 Laws and Regulations Child Online Protection Act (COPA) (unconstitutional) Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) The child safety problem on platforms is worse than we knew Company Policies Overview of age limits on various social media Possible Risks Cyberbullying and Cyberharassment Body Dysmorphia Just Plain Envy / Dissatisfaction Sexual...

Lita Schmitt is a retired corporate intranet, training, and documentation professional, getting her start when PCs replaced terminals at work and hard drives were optional. In this episode we interview Lita and her daughter Katie about how they learned about technology in their home. What tech was like when Lita started teaching it to her kids. Babysitting devices & gaming systems. How Lita in...

David Ryan Polgar is the founder of  All Tech is Human . He recently created a report called  Improving Social Media . David Ryan Polgar is a pioneering tech ethicist, Responsible Tech advocate, and expert on ways to improve social media and our information ecosystem. David is the founder of All Tech Is Human, an organization committed to building the Responsible Tech pipeline by making it more di...

  Vern Abila is an accomplished broad-spectrum security, investigative and training professional with nearly 30 years of comprehensive, large scale leadership and operational experience in diversified domestic and international fields. For the past nineteen years, Vern has been the President and CEO of Abila Security & Investigations. Inc. (ASI) and has led ASI from a micro business operating...

In this episode, Fred and Jethro discuss two listener questions:  How do I talk to my son when he is afraid I'll take away his phone?  Should we jam cellular signals or boost them Contribute your questions at https://link.cybertraps.com/QuestionsandFeedback We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, a...

Jeanne Collins is the Superintendent of Rutland Northeast supervisory union in Vermont. We talk about how she handled technology for students during the pandemic.  We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Love...

In this episode Richard Lucero of Transparentsee talks about his goal to improve communication among teachers, students, and parents by establishing effective three way communication. Richard Lucero is a lifelong educator with over 25 years of experience as a classroom teacher, coach and administrator. I have worked at all levels from elementary, middle and high school and college and university a...

  An expert on digital literacy, Graber writes, presents, and is interviewed about  technology’s impact upon human behavior. Her no-nonsense approach comes from being an educator, media producer, academic, and most of all, a mom. She is the co-founder of CyberWise, and she developed (and still teaches) Cyber Civics , the popular middle school digital literacy program currently being taught in scho...