Community Cyber Defense: How to be a Local Cyber Hero
summary
Volunteer programs train people to do real work: university cyber clinics train 730 students who perform assessments and have helped 120 community organizations, state cyber reserve programs like MIC3 mobilize private-sector volunteers for incident response, nonprofits such as CTI League and The Cavalry share threat indicators and policy work, and CyberPeace Builders matches volunteers to discrete tasks where 300 volunteers have logged about 700 hours fixing firewalls, stopping ransomware, and restoring services for cities, schools, and food banks.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 1:23Why community cyber defense matters
- 3:09Reasons to volunteer in cyber defense
- 3:31Academic cyber security clinics
- 5:16Local government cyber response programs
- 6:39Non-profit volunteer cyber defense groups
- 8:46Conclusion and call to action
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