Host: Stacy Mandock

Stacy Mandock provides support to the team as the Safety & Security Travel program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

Guest: Dr. Kate Colvin

Dr. Kate Colvin has worked in the human performance industry for 15 years, gaining experience working with professional athletes, military special operations, as well as Fortune 500 companies. As a seasoned performance psychology consultant, she is passionate about increasing individual mental performance and thus overall psychological well-being.

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Kate is a published author with contributions to both the Journal of Special Operations Medicine and the Journal of Alternative Medicine. She holds a M.S. in Sport and Performance Psychology from University of Idaho as well as a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas Tech University and currently resides in Idaho.

On this topic: We all encounter stressful situations, but today we dive into acute stress: the result of an emergency situation. Kate talks through ways you can prepare before an emergency situation, as well as key techniques for during that could be critical in keep you and yours out of harm’s way.

Key takeaways:

• What is stress? Acute vs Chronic
• Stress response in the body
• Stress regulation techniques: the 3 Rs
• The importance of sleep (see link below for Kate’s sleep course!)

Links:

• LSDS Egress Bags and Emergency Kits
  • Use code: KATE with your purchase or consultation
• LSDS Global Campus - Online Learning Platform

Read the full blog post here.

Guest: Joe Fitterer

Joe joined LSDS in April 2020 and is a part of the Operational Team and serves as the Site Lead for Client Engagements. He collaborates on developing various projects, encompassing leadership training, communication enhancement training, and crisis response training. Joe is also charged with maintaining the accuracy of project trackers and operational execution synch matrices. He is an Army Veteran and lives in Fuquay Varina with his wife and 2 children.

Guest: Terry Peters 

Terry is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Leader Solutions Decisions Support (LSDS) which provides executive coaching to leaders of all levels and empowers and supports individuals and organizations with the skills and knowledge to achieve their professional vision.  Terry has led leadership development forums with Amazon’s North American Customer Fulfillment, Global Engineering Services (GES), and has built a resident leadership academy for Riot Games. He is a 27-year Army Veteran and has numerous decorations and foreign awards for his service to the Nation.

Host: Stacy Mandock 

Stacy Mandock provides support to the Risk Mitigation team as the program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

On this topic: Threat and Vulnerability Assessments (TVAs) are a fully comprehensive tool that compliments already existing safety and security measures for organizations. In this podcast we dig into what they are, who benefits from having one done and what’s delivered.

 In this podcast you will learn more about: 

• What IS a TVA and who should consider having one done?
• The breakdown of what LSDS delivers and the detail that goes into a TVA.
• Tales from the road. Experiences from past TVAs and the benefits seen.

Key takeaways:

• TVAs are designed to complement and enhance any safety and security plans already in place.
• Any organization that is focused on providing their team the safest workplace possible should consider having one done.
• LSDS is committed to meeting clients where they’re at and delivering an assessment tailored to each clients’ needs.

Read the full blog post here.

Host: Stacy Mandock

Stacy Mandock provides support to the Risk Mitigation team as the program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

Guest: Cliff Wilson

Cliff Wilson is an IT and cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert having worked with Microsoft and the military. Since 2008, Cliff's experience as an IT and cybersecurity expert has allowed him to hold various positions at Microsoft. Cliff has spent the majority of his time supporting DoD Federal at Microsoft, but his passion for security motivates and drives him to helping customers and others be successful.

On this topic: Part 2 of our cyber series dives into security awareness, password management and best practices for browser use. Cliff’s got all the recommendations for settings to check, tools to help you keep track of all those passwords and some key differences between browsers and how to tweak them into the safest for you and your data.

In this podcast you will learn more about:

● Password Manager options and purpose

● Multifactor Authentication apps

● Browser settings and add-ons

● Search engine options and privacy settings to check

Key takeaways:

▪ Edit/Correction: Private browser windows are not containerized. At least for Firefox, all private browsers share the same shared memory, they will NOT be containerized.

Links below to recommendations and mentions in this podcast.

See full summary and blog post here.

Host: Stacy Mandock

Stacy Mandock provides support to the Risk Mitigation team as the program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

Guest: Cliff Wilson

Cliff Wilson is an IT and cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert having worked with Microsoft and the military. Since 2008, Cliff's experience as an IT and cybersecurity expert has allowed him to hold various positions at Microsoft. Cliff has spent the majority of his time supporting DoD Federal at Microsoft, but his passion for security motivates and drives him to helping customers and others be successful.

On this topic: Cliff takes us through some Do’s and Don'ts of digital presence on social media. Popular platforms are so easy to use and very popular, but are constantly changing and making really good money off of our data and habits while we’re scrolling. There are ways to control how much of your information is being tracked or used and that’s what we’re digging into on this podcast. Follow along checklist included below as Cliff talks us through this.

In this podcast you will learn more about:

● Some Do’s and Don'ts of social media

● How and why social media is using user data

● How users can better control what of their information is being used or tracked

● Better controlling what’s publically available

Key takeaways:

▪ Cliff walks us through where to go and what to check for in the security section of a couple of the most popular social media platforms.

See full summary and blog post here.

On this topic: Crisis Response management is a really key part of any organization. Terry joins us to look into what this means for any organization, big or small, professional or for the family. Being prepared for the unexpected and unimaginable can save lives and livelihoods.

See full blog post here: https://www.lsds.us/risk-mitigation-discussions-crisis-response

Host: Stacy Mandock 

Stacy Mandock provides support to the Risk Mitigation team as the program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

Guest: Terry Peters 

Terry is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Leader Solutions Decisions Support (LSDS) which provides executive coaching to leaders of all levels and empowers and supports individuals and organizations with the skills and knowledge to achieve their professional vision.  Terry has led leadership development forums with Amazon’s North American Customer Fulfillment, Global Engineering Services (GES), and has built a resident leadership academy for Riot Games. He is a 27-year Army Veteran and has numerous decorations and foreign awards for his service to the Nation.

 In this podcast you will learn more about:

●      What exactly Crisis Response means and who it’s for.

●      How LSDS has worked with organizations to build CRM teams from the ground up.

●      Levels of Crisis Response Management implementation.

●      Putting CRM teams to the test with tabletop exercises.

Key takeaways:

●      Terry shares some of the Best Practices he’s seen in organizations regarding their Crisis Response Management teams and programs.

●      What is one of the most overlooked parts of a Crisis Response tabletop exercise? Terry tells us what he’s come across the most and how important it is to include in your CRM.

On this topic: Tracking apps and devices can really help us feel connected to friends and family across busy schedules and long distances. So what are some of the best practices we can utilize to keep us in touch and also keep our privacy in mind?

Another big convenience these days: apps. There’s one for just about everything, but not all of them have the best of intentions in the background. How do we mitigate those risks?

Host: Stacy Mandock

Stacy Mandock provides support to the Risk Mitigation team as the program director.

Guest: Cliff Wilson

Cliff Wilson is an IT and cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert having worked with Microsoft and Military Organizations.

See full bios and post here:

https://www.lsds.us/post/risk-mitigation-discussions-tracker-tips-app-vetting

Resources:

• Links to apps and services
  • Advanced phone trackers
    • https://umobix.com
    • https://www.mspy.com/
  • Standard phone trackers
    • https://corp.glympse.com/
    • https://www.airdroid.com/
  • Social media tracking
    • Whatsapp https://www.whatsapp.com/
    • Facebook messenger https://www.messenger.com/
    • Snapchat https://www.snapchat.com/
  • Encrypted email and messaging
    • https://proton.me/mail
    • https://signal.org/
  • Trackers
    • Samsung smart tracker https://www.samsung.com/us/smart-home/smartthings-tracker/tracker/smartthings-tracker-sm-v110azwaatt/
    • Apple Airtag https://www.apple.com/airtag/
  • Apple and Google Tracking
    • Apple Find My https://apps.apple.com/us/app/find-my/id1514844621
    • Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps

Disclaimer: All references to apps, services and equipment are subject to change over the course of time as updates and advancements are made. Things evolve very quickly in the cyber world and all recommendations are current as of the time of this recording.

There’s a big focus on the preparation side of a trip that LSDS applies when working with collegiate travelers. In-person training sessions can cover topics such as Self-Defense, Situational Awareness, Basic Medical, Traveler Prep and more. But one of the biggest pieces used in the pre-travel planning phase is the Safety Plan. Read the summary, key takeaways, and best practices for Student Travel Safety Plans

Hosts: Kelsey Diesing, Brittany Coppock, and Vanessa Liceaga

2023 to date has been unprecedented for tornadic activity. In this podcast you will learn more about:

1. Tornadic activity to date and why this year has been so active.

2. How to determine when to take shelter.

3. What to do before and after a tornado occurs.

Read the summary, key takeaways, and best practices for mitigating tornado risks.

Hosts: Stacy Mandock & Kelsey Diesing

There are many subtle ways to be scammed. To reduce your risk of falling victim, check out our tips to ensure these scams cast a shadow over your next trip. Read the summary, key takeaways, and best practices for Travel Scam Awareness.

Hosts: Stacy Mandock & Kim Overton

Tis the season for holiday cheer and…scammers. Learn how to protect yourself from the most common scams during the busiest spending and traveling season. In this podcast we discuss the types of scams and provide Dos and Don'ts to help keep your information secure. Read the summary, key takeaways, and best practices for Holiday Scam Awareness.

Hosts: Stacy Mandock & Kelsey Diesing