Ep. 267 - Security Awareness Series - Own your YES and Find Your Passion with May Brooks-Kempler

The Social-Engineer Podcast

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by May Brooks-Kempler. May is a cybersecurity expert who has transformed her early curiosity, hacking 90’s computer games, into a distinguished cybersecurity career. As a board member of ISC2, an educator, a CISO and the founder of the Think Safe Cyber community, she is dedicated to making the online world a safer place for everyone. [July 15, 2024]

00:00 - Intro

00:19 - Intro Links:

- Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/

- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/

- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/

- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/

- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb

- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/

- innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

03:17 - May Brooks-Kempler Intro

03:55 - Twist of Fate

05:10 - A Moment of Silence

05:51 - Blame Grandma

08:15 - An Unclear Path

11:34 - It Takes a Village

13:40 - Considering the Other Side

16:10 - Start with "Why"

20:41 - "It's Never Personal

- CyberWise Parenting Course

- Listeners get 20% off with the coupon SOCIAL

- TEDx – Think Cyber

27:47 - Lifelong Learning

30:50 - Going Public

32:57 - Find May Brooks-Kempler online

- LinkedIn: in/may-brooks-kempler

- Instagram: @cybermaynia

33:46 - Mentors

- Avi Weissman

- Oren Bratt

- Itzik Kochav

35:54 - Book Recommendations

- Human Hacking - Christopher Hadnagy

- Countdown to Zero Day - Kim Zetter

- Do You Talk Funny? - David Nihill

- Start with Why - Simon Sinek

37:17 - Wrap Up & Outro

- www.social-engineer.com

- www.innocentlivesfoundation.org