Cyber Series Part 1: Digital Presence on Social Media

Host: Stacy Mandock

Stacy Mandock provides support to the Risk Mitigation team as the program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

Guest: Cliff Wilson

Cliff Wilson is an IT and cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert having worked with Microsoft and the military. Since 2008, Cliff's experience as an IT and cybersecurity expert has allowed him to hold various positions at Microsoft. Cliff has spent the majority of his time supporting DoD Federal at Microsoft, but his passion for security motivates and drives him to helping customers and others be successful.

On this topic: Cliff takes us through some Do’s and Don'ts of digital presence on social media. Popular platforms are so easy to use and very popular, but are constantly changing and making really good money off of our data and habits while we’re scrolling. There are ways to control how much of your information is being tracked or used and that’s what we’re digging into on this podcast. Follow along checklist included below as Cliff talks us through this.

In this podcast you will learn more about:

● Some Do’s and Don'ts of social media

● How and why social media is using user data

● How users can better control what of their information is being used or tracked

● Better controlling what’s publically available

Key takeaways:

▪ Cliff walks us through where to go and what to check for in the security section of a couple of the most popular social media platforms.

See full summary and blog post here.