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1. Why Now is the Time for K-12 Cybersecurity Education – Kevin Nolten – PSW #691

With the U.S. facing a shortage of roughly 314,000 cybersecurity professionals in the workforce, according to CSIS, there is an urgent need to build cybersecurity skills and fill the workforce pipeline with students who are prepared to pursue cybersecurity careers.

The aftermath of the SolarWinds breach has shown that there is a desperate need to expand K-12 cybersecurity education across the country.

Since its inception in 2007, over 21,500 teachers have enrolled in CYBER.ORG’s content platform and over 14,000 teachers have been trained to use CYBER.ORG content for cybersecurity education.

Kevin and the CYBER.ORG team are currently finalizing nationwide K-12 cybersecurity learning standards with the goal of having all 50 states adopt them. Expected in the fall, these standards will ensure that all students have equal access to standardized K-12 cybersecurity education.

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https://cyber.org/standards https://cyber.org/about-us/our-impact https://cyber.org/news/k-12-cybersecurity-learning-standards-review-session-completed https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200914005156/en/CYBER.ORG-Kicks-Off-National-K-12-Cybersecurity-Learning-Standards-Development

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Kevin Nolten
Director of Academic Outreach at CYBER.ORG

As the Director of Academic Outreach at CYBER.ORG, Kevin directs the organization’s?programmatic outreach efforts and partnerships with the goal of ensuring that every K-12 student in the U.S. has access to cybersecurity education. In his role, he helps advance CYBER.ORG’s K-12 cyber education program with age-appropriate content that aligns with state standards for education in 27 states and counting. The impact of that work is measured in thousands of teachers and students with more content, resources and training that will fuel the cyber workforce pipeline for the future.

Kevin received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Administration from LSU Shreveport. Kevin also received his MBA from LSU Shreveport.

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Product Security Research and Analysis Director at Finite State
Senior Cyber Advisor at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Chief Product Officer at CyberSaint
Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc Security, Founder & CEO at Dark Element

2. Encrypted Collaboration & Communication – Joel Wallenstrom – PSW #691

This conversation will introduce Wickr to the PSW listeners. Joel Wallenstrom will discuss the importance of end-to-end encrypted collaboration and communication as it relates to enterprise and federal space.

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Joel Wallenstrom
CEO and President at Wickr

Joel Wallenstrom is the CEO & President of Wickr and a world-renowned information security expert. He has led top white hat hacker teams responding to some of the most high-profile incidents in the past 20 years. Under his executive guidance, Wickr has since pivoted the company from solely offering a free consumer product to a robust enterprise compliance ready, secure collaboration platform used by the Fortune 500 and top federal organizations. Prior to joining Wickr, Joel co-founded iSEC Partners, one of the world’s leading information security research teams, later acquired by the NCC Group.

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Sr. InfoSec Consultant at Online Business Sytems
Product Security Research and Analysis Director at Finite State
Senior Cyber Advisor at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Chief Product Officer at CyberSaint
Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc Security, Founder & CEO at Dark Element

3. Feds Have a Busy Two Weeks, British Tween Takes On TikTok, & More Facebook Woes… – PSW #691

This week in the Security News, U.S Formally Attributes SolarWinds Attack to Russian Intelligence Agency, FBI Clears ProxyLogon Web Shells from Hundreds of Orgs, Justice Dept. Creates Task Force to Stop Ransomware Spread, Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak, and more!

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Sr. InfoSec Consultant at Online Business Sytems
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Chief Product Officer at CyberSaint
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