The CARE POD

By Aunshul Rege

The CARE POD is a podcast series generated by the CARE Lab at Temple University. CARE stands for Cybersecurity in Application, Research, and Education. Episodes will feature speakers from academia, government, industry who comment on various aspects of cybersecurity.

Supported by the National Science Foundation, Award #s 1453040 and 2032292.

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Episode 5: CISA, MITRE ATT&CK and the Summer SE Pen Test Competition

The CARE PODOct 01, 2021

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Episode 13: Team VI Volts, First Place Winner (High School Track) of the 2023 Summer Social Engineering Romance Scams Competition

In our thirteenth episode, we are joined by the VI Volts from the Virgin Islands Montessori School & Peter Gruber International Academy (VIMSIA), who won first place (High School Track) in our 2023 Summer Social Engineering Romance Scams Competition! We discuss their experiences competing and using social engineering to navigate romance scams!

*Hosts: Rachel Bleiman, @rab1928

*Advisory Board: The CARE Lab thanks the members of our competition's advisory board, from organizations: CISA, NICE, AARP, and PBGC

*Music: The CARE Pod thanks Mollie Ducoste for providing us with the audio for this episode. She plays 'The Root' on her EP "Voices." Mollie is a PhD student with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University

*The CARE Lab: @TU_CARE

*SECTF: @CollegiateSectf

Oct 03, 202324:45

Episode 12: Team Trust Us, First Place Winner (Graduate Track) of the 2021 Summer Social Engineering Competition

For our twelfth episode, we have Team Trust Us, who was the first place winner (Graduate Track) of our 2021 Summer Social Engineering Event. They share their experiences about competing and doing a social engineering pen test on the CARE Lab!

*Hosts: Rachel Bleiman, @rab1928 and Katorah Williams, @katorahW
*Music: The CARE POD thanks Mollie Ducoste for providing us with the audio for this episode. She plays 'The Root' on her EP "Voices". Mollie is a PhD student with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
*The CARE Lab: @TU_CARE
*SECTF: @CollegiateSectf

Oct 02, 202201:08:07

Episode 11: Team Tay Second Place Winner (Graduate Track) of the 2021 Summer Social Engineering Competition

For our eleventh episode, we have Team Tay, who was the second place winner (Graduate Track) of our 2021 Summer Social Engineering Event. They share their experiences about competing and doing a social engineering pen test on the CARE Lab!

Oct 02, 202245:42

Episode 10: Team Tell Me Lies, Third Place Winner (Graduate Track) of the 2021 Summer Social Engineering Competition

For our tenth episode, we have Team Tell Me Lies, who was the third place winner (Graduate Track) of our 2021 Summer Social Engineering Event. They share their experiences about competing and doing a social engineering pen test on the CARE Lab!

Oct 02, 202243:33

Episode 9: Team RCC Cyber Hawks, First Place Winner (Undergraduate Track) of the 2021 Summer Social Engineering Competition

For our ninth episode, we have Team RCC Cyber Hawks, who was the first place winner (Undergraduate Track) of our 2021 Summer Social Engineering Event. They share their experiences about competing and doing a social engineering pen test on the CARE Lab!

Oct 02, 202249:05

Episode 8: Team Iridescent, Second Place Winner (Undergraduate Track) of the 2021 Summer Social Engineering Competition

For our eighth episode, we have Team Iridescent, who was the second place winner (Undergraduate Track) of our 2021 Summer Social Engineering Event. They share their experiences about competing and doing a social engineering pen test on the CARE Lab!

Oct 02, 202242:33

Episode 7: Team Night Owls, Third Place Winner (Undergraduate Track) of the 2021 Summer Social Engineering Competition

For our seventh episode, we have Team Night Owls, who was the third place winner (Undergraduate Track) of our 2021 Summer Social Engineering Event. They share their experiences about competing and doing a social engineering pen test on the CARE Lab!

Oct 02, 202247:17

Episode 6: Hispanic and LatinX representation in Cybersecurity

This episode is in honor of the intersection of #HispanicHeritageMonth and #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth! Listen to 3 amazing women: Cindy (CISA,DHS), Susana Barraza (NICE, NIST) & Rosario Mendez (FTC), as they share their thoughts on Hispanic/LatinX representation in cybersecurity with Dr. Rege, Director of the CARE Lab.

Links our guests wanted to share with you:
https://niccs.cisa.gov/
https://www.cisa.gov/education-cybersecurity-careers
https://www.sfs.opm.gov/default.aspx
http://nist.gov/nice/ccaw

You can find our hosts on Twitter:

*Aunshul Rege, @Prof_Rege
*Host: Rachel Bleiman, @rab1928
*Music: The CARE POD thanks Mollie Ducoste (@ifoundmollie) for providing us with the audio for this episode. She plays 'The Root' on her EP "Voices". Mollie is a PhD student with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
*The CARE Lab: @TU_CARE

Oct 15, 202149:33

Episode 5: CISA, MITRE ATT&CK and the Summer SE Pen Test Competition

On our fifth episode, we are joined by Austin Cusak (CISA) and Jamie Williams (MITRE ATT&CK) who engaged in our NSF-funded Social Engineering Penetration Testing Competition this summer. Dr. Aunshul Rege, Director of the CARE Lab asks them about their experiences with the competition and on the relevance of social engineering in cybersecurity and in education.

You can find them on Twitter:

*CISA, @CISAgov
*Jamie Williams, @jamieantisocial
*MITRE ATT&CK, @MITREattack
*Aunshul Rege, @Prof_Rege
*Host: Rachel Bleiman, @rab1928
*Music: The CARE POD thanks Mollie Ducoste for providing us with the audio for this episode. She plays 'The Root' on her EP "Voices". Mollie is a PhD student with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
*The CARE Lab: @TU_CARE

Oct 01, 202150:30

Episode 4: Googlers and the Summer SE Pen Test Competition

For our fourth episode, we have Sarah Morales, JJ, Kevin Kusion, and Michael Molnar of Google, who are currently at Google and engaged in our NSF-funded Social Engineering Penetration Testing Competition. Dr. Aunshul Rege, Director of the CARE Lab asks them about their experiences with the competition and on the relevance of social engineering in cybersecurity and in education.

You can find them on Twitter.

*Sarah Morales, @SarahManley
*JJ, @sajjadium
*Aunshul Rege, @Prof_Rege
*Host: Rachel Bleiman, @rab1928
*Music: The CARE POD thanks Mollie Ducoste for providing us with the audio for this episode. She plays 'The Root' on her EP "Voices". Mollie is a PhD student with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
*The CARE Lab: @TU_CARE

Sep 07, 202144:44

Episode 3: Team FAST, Third Place Winner of the Inaugural Collegiate SECTF

For our third episode, we have Jordan Jacobson, Amber Martinez, Greg Kutzbach, Filbert Kendro, Jackie Myers, and Austin Lin of FAST, who are currently undergraduate students with Cal Poly Pomona. The team shares its experiences about competing in the Inaugural Collegiate SECTF hosted by Temple University.

You can find them on Twitter.

*Jordan Jacobson, @jo_rdanjacobson
*Amber Martinez, @AmberNicoleHCS
*Greg Kutzbach, @DasGrog
*Filbert Kendro, @iam_thehazelnut
*Jackie Myers, @Jbirdcode
*Host: Rachel Bleiman, @rab1928
*Music: The CARE POD thanks Dr. Steve Belenko for providing us with the audio for this episode. He plays 'Claude Debussy, Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun.' as the principal flutist with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Belenko is an Associate Professor with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
*Collegiate SECTF: @CollegiateSectf

Jan 08, 202101:06:27

Episode 2: Team Arcadia Knights, Second Place Winner of the Inaugural Collegiate SECTF

For our second episode, we have Jillian Brennan, Michael McCoy, and Jassika Riad of Arcadia Knights, who are currently undergraduate students with Arcadia University in Philadelphia, PA. The team shares its experiences about competing in the Inaugural Collegiate SECTF hosted by Temple University.

You can find them on Twitter.

*Jillian Brennan, @jillbrennan_
*Jassika Riad, @JassikaRiad
*Najae Jaylen Owens-Boone, @whoisnajae
*Host: Rachel Bleiman, @rab1928
*Music: The CARE POD thanks Dr. Steve Belenko for providing us with the audio for this episode. He plays 'Claude Debussy, Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun.' as the principal flutist with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Belenko is an Associate Professor with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
*Collegiate SECTF: @CollegiateSectf

Dec 21, 202040:03

Episode 1: Ragnhild (Bridget) Sageng, First Place Winner of the Inaugural Collegiate SECTF

For our first episode, we have Ragnhild (Bridget) Sageng, who is currently an undergraduate student with Noroff University in Norway. Ragnhild shares her experiences about competing in the Inaugural Collegiate SECTF hosted by Temple University. Let’s hear Ragnhild tell us how she navigated the competition and the strategies that she used. We were blown away by her vishing call with one the competition judges (Tinker)! We think you will be in awe of her too!

You can find Ragnhild on Twitter at ragnhild_bss.

*Host: Rachel Bleiman, @rab1928
*Music: The CARE POD thanks Dr. Steve Belenko for providing us with the audio for this episode. He plays 'Claude Debussy, Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun.' as the principal flutist with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Belenko is an Associate Professor with the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University.
*Collegiate SECTF: @CollegiateSectf

Nov 09, 202033:50