Cybersecurity with Craig Taylor: Building Safer Habits Through Positive Reinforcement

Send us Fan Mail Send us Fan Mail In this informative episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we welcome Craig Taylor, cybersecurity professional and co-founder of Cyberhoot. With a background in psychology and decades of experience as a virtual CISO, Craig explains how positive reinforcement can help people build safer online habits—and why cybersecurity education should empower rather than shame. Listeners will learn about: - Three practical steps for improving personal cybersecurity: using multi-factor authentication or passkeys, adopting a password manager, and getting regular training - How a phishing attack at a CPA firm was contained quickly because employees felt safe reporting their mistake - Deepfakes, the growing “ClickFix” scam, and ways to verify suspicious requests before taking action - How ransomware has evolved, from encrypting files to stealing data and threatening organizations with multiple forms of extortion - Craig’s advice for starting a cybersecurity career and the value of meeting people where they are Craig also shares his community work as a Rotarian and his 12 years riding the Pan-Mass Challenge with his son to raise money for cancer research. He discusses Cyberhoot’s upcoming adaptive security training and invites individuals to try its free cybersecurity education at www.cyberhoot.com/individuals. For more information about the company, its training, or its newsletter, visit www.cyberhoot.com Support the show