In this week’s episode of The Intersect, I’m joined by Tazin Khan, a globally recognized cybersecurity strategist and the founder of Cyber Collective. Together we discuss the importance of digital safety as our lives become increasingly intertwined with online platforms and AI systems. Tazin challenges the idea that cybersecurity is just a technical issue and reframes it as a matter of dignity, consent, and care.

We dive into the recent controversy surrounding Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, and what the scandal reveals about content moderation failures, consent, and the disproportionate harm faced by women and marginalized communities online. Tazin unpacks the emotional and cultural costs of living online, and explains why risk isn’t distributed evenly in the digital world. From AI-driven scams to deepfakes, this conversation explores what it really means to be safe online — and what needs to change next.

About Tazin Khan:

Tazin Khan is a cybersecurity strategist and founder of Cyber Collective, reframing digital security as a matter of human dignity. Through the Digital Resilience Framework (DRF) and the RISE model—Resilience, Inclusion, Safety, Empowerment—she bridges the gap between technical protection and lived experience, helping communities, educators, and institutions build emotional and cultural safety online. Her work complements—not replaces—traditional cybersecurity by centering care over compliance, clarity over jargon, and community over command‑and‑control.

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