Slam the Gavel welcomes Dawn McCarty back on to the podcast. She was last on Season 4, Episode 62. Dawn is the Founder of Securing Everything, a cybersecurity company, and she is on a mission to help families stay safe online by transforming concerned parents into Online Safety Ninja’s.
Dawn teaches concerned parents who have tech savvy kids, to understand that while their kids may be technology experts, they are not security experts. Therefore, Dawn supports parents and advocates for more parental oversight when it comes to their childs safety in the virtual world.
With over 20 years of information and cyber security experience, Dawn works with parents to teach them how to protect their families from hidden online dangers. She is an international speaker, author, and educator who combines her education and her personal lived experiences to make her an authority on the subject.
We discussed what a Faraday Cage can and cannot do. A FARADAY CAGE keeps things away from your device, keeps it from being destroyed by an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse). Dawn recommended changing the name of your WIFI. Also it is best to get a VPN you have to pay for because technology changes so fast, we talked about what a password vault is and what it entails.
Dawn recommends five vital areas: resetting password off router, resetting your wifi and renaming your wifi, getting an anti-virus and getting a paid VPN. Also, make sure anti-virus is updating and constantly monitoring that it is updating.
"Technology exploded before we were ready for it," Dawn explains and that we have to become security analysts ourselves with critical thinking. Phishing scams are generally sent through emails with incorrect spelling. Do not click on links that you don't know who they are from.
Dawn and I always recommend that you do not put your kids pictures on SOCIAL MEDIA as Dawn says, "we are sitting prey."
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