Highlights and outtakes from season 1!

Get ready to bid farewell to season1 which was packed with cyber knowledge. We couldn’t have done it without our amazing listeners and challenge participants and now it’s time to honor you all for making this journey unforgettable!
But wait, the excitement doesn’t stop there because we’ve got a surprise in store for you next week. Season 2 is already in the works, brewing up a storm of mind-bending cyber questions and problems!
If you’re as passionate about our podcast as we are, we want to hear from you! Join our focus group at cryptologicfoundation.org/podcast and let your voice echo through the digital realms. Your ideas and suggestions will help shape the future of our show!
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We’ve saved the best for last! In our final episode of the season, we’re bringing you an extra-special guest- a high schooler who’s taking the world by storm. This tech-savvy teen has developed a secure voting system and started a non-profit with a mission to get more girls access to cybersecurity as a career.
Join us for a fun and informative chat as we talk about all things cyber- from the thrill of attending DefCon, to the importance of securing democracy. Discover that not all hackers are bad and get some tips on how to keep your own information safe and secure.

Our values as a society define who we are and what positions we take when faced with ethical questions. Having access to sensitive information on a network puts you in a place where you must behave with moral responsibility. Being able to help shape the fabric of the internet can have you facing questions like “What are the implications for citizens, not just in my country but around the world, by these decisions?”
But let's not get ahead of ourselves… In this episode, you’ll first hear how our three guests got into cyber to begin with. They say to mind your ‘P’s and Q’s; but this is cyber so we’re talking about Pentesting and Quantum and how both challenge our guests to make our networks and the internet safer for everyone.

We don't play around in cybersecurity, but we definitely game! In this episode, our guests detail the role that games and game strategy play in teaching us how to think like an adversary and keep safe online.

We chat with DJ Strickland about his work and advocacy in bringing more representation into the cyber community through video games and comic books. But, like DJ experienced, we learn that hackers use adversarial thinking to exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems. So, our host challenges guest Dr. Seth Hamman to a tense game of rock-paper-scissors to show how game theory can help us understand the motivations of cybercriminals and anticipate their actions to protect ourselves against them.

Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting to learn about online safety, you won’t want to miss this episode to level up your cybersecurity skills and stay safe online! After you listen, you can put your own game theory skills to the test by completing this week’s episode challenge!

It’s Women’s History month and we’re excited to not only focus on women and girls in cybersecurity but also some aspects of risk management.

How is it possible to understand the ‘dark arts’ of how hackers take your information or to practice essential cyber skills? Cyber ranges! As well as some clever Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges of course!

In this episode, we’ll talk about practicing cyber “on-the-range” and learning a little bit about how to secure our own systems. Our guests will share their points of view on the merits of cyber ranges as well as how Virginia is mobilizing to bring more schools and kids to participate in the cyber pipeline. We’ll also talk about what sorts of skills you need to get into doing cybersecurity and how anyone at any level shouldn’t be afraid to learn the ropes; or at least some Linux…

For this week’s Episode Challenge, the Virginia Cyberrange has generously allowed us the use of one of their sites for a fun web challenge that’s not too much of a ‘sekret’. Even if you don’t uncover the answer this week, you’ll be able to observe some fun ways to hide information on websites.

Find this episode’s Challenge at www.cryptologicfoundation.org/podcast

Have you ever stopped to think about all the information you share online? From your likes and dislikes to your location and even your personal conversations, your personal data is not only collected by companies every day but, thanks to new technologies, is also made available to individuals and groups around the world. So what happens with all of that seemingly harmless information when the wrong person has access to it?

#CyberChats with the National Cryptologic Foundation