Cybersecurity and Being Human

Cybersecurity needs more professionals working in the field, and guest Nicole Bushong from Houston shares why. They explain critical issues today in digital crime, cyberwarfare, hacking, public safety, and diversity of the tech workforce. They also explain key aspects of their own path toward this field, including navigating the still male-majority field of cybersecurity, working in a women’s tech organization at The University of Houston, and getting educated while having dyslexia. Related to this episode: • Engie North America: http://www.engie-na.com/ • Women in Cybersecurity, University of Houston (WICSUH): https://www.wicsuh.org/ • HouSecCon, Houston Security Conference: http://houstonseccon.org/ • “We’ve Entered a New Age of Cyberwar”: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/trump-cyber-russia-power-hacking.html • Schlumberger: https://www.slb.com/ • Video on being a cyber threat intelligence analyst at Chevron: https://www.chevron.com/stories/i-am-a-cyber-threat-intelligence-analyst • Trailer for Zero Days documentary on Stuxnet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VgIayOpjEc • APTs, advanced persistent threats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_persistent_threat • DNC hacks 2016 elections: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/13/timeline-how-russian-agents-allegedly-hacked-the-dnc-and-clintons-campaign/?utm_term=.89d46f83cf28 • “Russia’s Elete Hackers Ma Have New Phishing Tricks”: https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fancy-bear-hackers-phishing/ • Simulated phishing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_phishing • RSA Archer, 3rd party vendor management: https://www.rsa.com/en-us/products/integrated-risk-management • Hack The Box, penetration testing challenge: https://www.hackthebox.eu/ • “Women Represent 20 Percent of the Global Cybersecurity Workforce in 2019”: https://cybersecurityventures.com/women-in-cybersecurity/ • Dyslexia: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353552 • “Looking at Irlen syndrome through a different lens”: https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-health-1112-irlen-kids-reading-20141104-story.html Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs, or send one-time contributions by buying us coffee: https://ko-fi.com/pioslabs. Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.