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WFLA: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office introduces free program to protect children from cyber crimes

Great to speak with WFLA about the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office’s new initiative to protect children from cyber crimes. As threats like sextortion and online predation continue to evolve, it is critical that we provide parents and families with accessible resources to stay ahead of them. Through this partnership, Parent ProTech is now available to...

Smart Home, Big Risks: Top Cybersecurity Threats Homeowners Need To Know

I recently contributed to this Realtor.com article about the hidden risks in our smart homes. We discussed a critical vulnerability: many devices ship with factory settings that cybercriminals can easily exploit using automated tools. My biggest warning? Watch out for inexpensive IoT gadgets with hard-coded, unchangeable passwords—they create a permanent open door to your network....

AWS outage: Are we relying too much on US big tech?

I spoke with the BBC about the recent AWS outage and discussed concerns of the three major cloud providers all being American corporations. Cybersecurity expert Thomas Hyslip, who currently teaches at University of South Florida, said that there was another benefit to the dominance of US firms. “Of all the places for it to be,...

NewsNation Morning in America: AWS Outage

I had the pleasure of joining Morning in America on NewsNation to discuss the recent AWS outage. Key takeaways: – Root cause pointed to an internal DNS resolution issue within AWS – Impact centered on the Northern Virginia (us-east-1) region—built for efficiency and scalability, such as Cyber Monday–scale traffic – Lesson learned: decentralize critical services...

Secret Service Disrupts Alleged Rogue SIM Farm by the U.N.

On NewsNation, I break down reports of a suspected cellular SIM farm operating steps from the United Nations—a rogue setup enabling encrypted phone calls and messaging that could involve criminal actors or even a nation-state. I walk through how the Secret Service disrupted the operation, why SIM farms are so hard to spot, and what...

Wallet Hub: Ask the Experts.

To gain more insight about USAA Insurance, WalletHub posed the following questions to a panel of experts. Click on the experts below to view their bios and answers. 1. Should people in the military community always get insurance from military-oriented companies like USAA? 2. Should USAA’s reputation for handling claims be a factor for customers...