Fareedah Shaheed was born in Maryland but spent most of her childhood outside of the US. She returned to the States in 2013 and attended the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), where she majored in Cybersecurity. Her experiences with different cultures and the tech field led her to combine her interest in psychology with cybersecurity and thus, her passion for security awareness was born. 

Find Fareedah

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cyberfareedah

Fareedah's Company- Sekuva: https://sekuva.mykajabi.com/

Year Up: https://www.yearup.org/

Instagram @cyberfareedah 

What you learn in this episode

The importance of understanding human psychology with Cybersecurity.

How vulnerable you are to losing control of your life without cybersecurity.

Overcoming mental blocks in your learning path. 

Overcoming racism and sexism in the tech world.

Resources to protect yourself in a digital workforce.

Resources

 Small business are the real target of Cybercriminals on small businesses: 

https://enterprise.verizon.com/resources/reports/DBIR_2018_Report.pdf

Cybersecurity Resources for Websites

Website security plugins: 

Sucuri: https://sucuri.net/

Wordfence: https://www.wordfence.com/

 Books Fareedah recommends 

• Almost anything by Robert Greene: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Greene/e/B001IGV3IS%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
• Almost anything by Malcolm Gladwell:https://www.amazon.com/Malcolm-Gladwell/e/B000APOE98%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
• Mindset by Carol Dweck: https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown:https://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Imperfection-Think-Supposed-Embrace/dp/159285849X

Other extremely impactful books (that I forgot to mention):

• The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann: https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss:https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357