Sarah Powazek
@powa-sec.bsky.social
Director of Public Interest Cybersecurity @CLTCBerkeley. Views my own.
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Sarah Powazek
@powa-sec.bsky.social
· Aug 20
States Are Leading on Cyber Volunteering
States and communities are leading on expanding cyber volunteering programs, but we can do more to support this burgeoning cyber safety net.
www.aspendigital.org
🛑 Stop talking about states like they are helpless with cybersecurity.
State govts are already taking the lead w/ innovative cyber volunteering programs. Read more in our piece for @aspendigital.bsky.social @cltcberkeley.bsky.social #Take9 #CyberCivilDefense
www.aspendigital.org/blog/states-...
State govts are already taking the lead w/ innovative cyber volunteering programs. Read more in our piece for @aspendigital.bsky.social @cltcberkeley.bsky.social #Take9 #CyberCivilDefense
www.aspendigital.org/blog/states-...
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We sold out of our GA tickets in 15 seconds 🤯
For students: Thanks to our community sponsors, our DistrictCon Scholars' Program application is open!
For anyone else passionate about DisCo: Volunteer with us!
You can also join our waitlist on Eventbrite! All info here:
www.districtcon.org/tickets
For students: Thanks to our community sponsors, our DistrictCon Scholars' Program application is open!
For anyone else passionate about DisCo: Volunteer with us!
You can also join our waitlist on Eventbrite! All info here:
www.districtcon.org/tickets
DistrictCon Tickets — DistrictCon
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November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We sold out of our GA tickets in 15 seconds 🤯
For students: Thanks to our community sponsors, our DistrictCon Scholars' Program application is open!
For anyone else passionate about DisCo: Volunteer with us!
You can also join our waitlist on Eventbrite! All info here:
www.districtcon.org/tickets
For students: Thanks to our community sponsors, our DistrictCon Scholars' Program application is open!
For anyone else passionate about DisCo: Volunteer with us!
You can also join our waitlist on Eventbrite! All info here:
www.districtcon.org/tickets
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Your boy has plans, I have plans too.
Former FTC chair Lina Khan was just named to NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team—just one sign that his new administration will take tech matters seriously, writes Rebecca Williams. She offers a tech agenda for the new mayor to advance his campaign goals:
Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press
By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.
www.techpolicy.press
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Your boy has plans, I have plans too.
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Former FTC chair Lina Khan was just named to NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team—just one sign that his new administration will take tech matters seriously, writes Rebecca Williams. She offers a tech agenda for the new mayor to advance his campaign goals:
Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press
By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.
www.techpolicy.press
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Former FTC chair Lina Khan was just named to NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team—just one sign that his new administration will take tech matters seriously, writes Rebecca Williams. She offers a tech agenda for the new mayor to advance his campaign goals:
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The future of cybersecurity is local. Learn more about how state-led Cyber Volunteers are stepping up to defend communities from cyber attacks, and how CLTC is growing these programs #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 www.govtech.com/security/cyb...
Cybersecurity Experts Seek to Build Volunteer Defense Force
As state and local agencies worry about cybersecurity budget cuts and increased attacks, public officials and researchers try to build a network to boost digital defenses. Leaders of the effort discus...
www.govtech.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The future of cybersecurity is local. Learn more about how state-led Cyber Volunteers are stepping up to defend communities from cyber attacks, and how CLTC is growing these programs #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 www.govtech.com/security/cyb...
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please please please send me your best undergraduate for next season's Privacy & Data Governance internship: www.aclu.org/careers/inte...
Careers at ACLU
Join our team! We’re looking for committed, passionate people for open roles at the ACLU.
www.aclu.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
please please please send me your best undergraduate for next season's Privacy & Data Governance internship: www.aclu.org/careers/inte...
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On Lawfare Daily, Justin Sherman sat down with @powa-sec.bsky.social and Michael Razeeq to discuss the cyber threats facing states, resources states have to address cybersecurity problems, and how state cyber corps and volunteer programs fits into the picture. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
On Lawfare Daily, Justin Sherman sat down with @powa-sec.bsky.social and Michael Razeeq to discuss the cyber threats facing states, resources states have to address cybersecurity problems, and how state cyber corps and volunteer programs fits into the picture. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
The future of cybersecurity is local!
Thanks to Justin for having me and Michael Razeeq on the @lawfaremedia.org podcast to talk about cyber volunteering and state cyber corps programs.
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
Thanks to Justin for having me and Michael Razeeq on the @lawfaremedia.org podcast to talk about cyber volunteering and state cyber corps programs.
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
On Lawfare Daily, Justin Sherman sat down with @powa-sec.bsky.social and Michael Razeeq to discuss the cyber threats facing states, resources states have to address cybersecurity problems, and how state cyber corps and volunteer programs fits into the picture. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The future of cybersecurity is local!
Thanks to Justin for having me and Michael Razeeq on the @lawfaremedia.org podcast to talk about cyber volunteering and state cyber corps programs.
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
Thanks to Justin for having me and Michael Razeeq on the @lawfaremedia.org podcast to talk about cyber volunteering and state cyber corps programs.
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
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On Global Encryption Day, our #OptOutOctober tip is to check out Signal: an encrypted messaging app that actually keeps your conversations private.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On Global Encryption Day, our #OptOutOctober tip is to check out Signal: an encrypted messaging app that actually keeps your conversations private.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Excellent compilation and analysis from @cybersecuritydive.bsky.social @ericjgeller.com that awareness training is not effective.
Let's continue shifting the blame away from organizations and towards the products they use, and local leaders who can help. #CommunityCybersecurity #CyberCivilDefense
Let's continue shifting the blame away from organizations and towards the products they use, and local leaders who can help. #CommunityCybersecurity #CyberCivilDefense
Cybersecurity awareness training is a cornerstone of modern security programs. But guess what? Recent research shows it doesn't work.
My story (for Cybersecurity Awareness Month!) about studies that cast doubt on earlier findings — & how we can do better: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cyberse...
My story (for Cybersecurity Awareness Month!) about studies that cast doubt on earlier findings — & how we can do better: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cyberse...
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Excellent compilation and analysis from @cybersecuritydive.bsky.social @ericjgeller.com that awareness training is not effective.
Let's continue shifting the blame away from organizations and towards the products they use, and local leaders who can help. #CommunityCybersecurity #CyberCivilDefense
Let's continue shifting the blame away from organizations and towards the products they use, and local leaders who can help. #CommunityCybersecurity #CyberCivilDefense
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Amazon's Ring is adding facial recognition to its home doorbells and security cameras for the first time.
To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.
wapo.st/4mR2v5l
To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.
wapo.st/4mR2v5l
Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door
For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.
wapo.st
October 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Amazon's Ring is adding facial recognition to its home doorbells and security cameras for the first time.
To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.
wapo.st/4mR2v5l
To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.
wapo.st/4mR2v5l
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The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics is experiencing unprecedented growth! Read more about their impact and accomplishments and just how significant a leap forward this past year has been for #CyberCivilDefense.
cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
#Take9 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
#Take9 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
Growth and Impact: Clinics Reach New Heights – Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics
cybersecurityclinics.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics is experiencing unprecedented growth! Read more about their impact and accomplishments and just how significant a leap forward this past year has been for #CyberCivilDefense.
cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
#Take9 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
#Take9 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
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Here's a CR article on our findings. www.consumerreports.org/money/scams-...
Texting and Messaging Scam Attempts Have Increased by 50 Percent, a Consumer Reports Survey Finds - Consumer Reports
Texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent, according to Consumer Reports' 2025 Cyber Readiness Report
www.consumerreports.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's a CR article on our findings. www.consumerreports.org/money/scams-...
The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics is experiencing unprecedented growth!
Read more about their impact and accomplishments and just how significant a leap forward this past year has been for #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
Read more about their impact and accomplishments and just how significant a leap forward this past year has been for #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
Growth and Impact: Clinics Reach New Heights – Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics
cybersecurityclinics.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics is experiencing unprecedented growth!
Read more about their impact and accomplishments and just how significant a leap forward this past year has been for #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
Read more about their impact and accomplishments and just how significant a leap forward this past year has been for #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
🍎 📚 💻 What does K12 cybersecurity have to do with bug bounty?
Nearly every school in the country uses one of a handful of technologies. By making these products more secure, we can better protect schools, students, and teachers at scale.
Nearly every school in the country uses one of a handful of technologies. By making these products more secure, we can better protect schools, students, and teachers at scale.
October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🍎 📚 💻 What does K12 cybersecurity have to do with bug bounty?
Nearly every school in the country uses one of a handful of technologies. By making these products more secure, we can better protect schools, students, and teachers at scale.
Nearly every school in the country uses one of a handful of technologies. By making these products more secure, we can better protect schools, students, and teachers at scale.
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"We’re a little bit more on our own": State and local cybersecurity officials band together as the Trump administration turns its back on them. Nice story by @maggiemiller.bsky.social: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: States send out the ‘bat signal’ for help responding to cyber threats amid federal cuts
The collective frustration over the federal government’s cuts to key cyber programs and agencies is being turned into action.
subscriber.politicopro.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"We’re a little bit more on our own": State and local cybersecurity officials band together as the Trump administration turns its back on them. Nice story by @maggiemiller.bsky.social: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
Incredible and timely research about vulnerabilities in Tile tracking tags from @mikespecter.com and his team at Georgia Tech
Today, my research group @ Georgia Tech released a paper on vulnerabilities in Tile --- the second largest device finding network after Apple's AirTags.
You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social!
www.wired.com/story/tile-t...
You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social!
www.wired.com/story/tile-t...
September 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Incredible and timely research about vulnerabilities in Tile tracking tags from @mikespecter.com and his team at Georgia Tech
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Today, my research group @ Georgia Tech released a paper on vulnerabilities in Tile --- the second largest device finding network after Apple's AirTags.
You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social!
www.wired.com/story/tile-t...
You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social!
www.wired.com/story/tile-t...
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today, my research group @ Georgia Tech released a paper on vulnerabilities in Tile --- the second largest device finding network after Apple's AirTags.
You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social!
www.wired.com/story/tile-t...
You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social!
www.wired.com/story/tile-t...
The #CyberResilienceCorps in action! Give a listen to the latest NPR Piece on @projectfranklin.bsky.social
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
1/💧New from @npr.org:
Cybersecurity isn’t just a big-city problem. Small and rural water systems are under threat of attack, and programs like
Franklin and the #CyberResilienceCorps are helping towns like Cavendish, VT. #CyberCivilDefense #Take9
Read here: www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...
Cybersecurity isn’t just a big-city problem. Small and rural water systems are under threat of attack, and programs like
Franklin and the #CyberResilienceCorps are helping towns like Cavendish, VT. #CyberCivilDefense #Take9
Read here: www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...
How a small Vermont town is protecting its water from hackers
NPR's Jenna McLaughlin got an inside look at how one small Vermont town is protecting its water from hackers.
www.npr.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The #CyberResilienceCorps in action! Give a listen to the latest NPR Piece on @projectfranklin.bsky.social
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
The cyber community is facing a world that's changing fast, from shifting government priorities to the rapid rise of AI. Explore the speaker list for
@aspendigital.bsky.social
2025 #AspenCyber Summit on Nov 18 where leaders gather to create a safer world www.aspencybersummit.org
#take9
@aspendigital.bsky.social
2025 #AspenCyber Summit on Nov 18 where leaders gather to create a safer world www.aspencybersummit.org
#take9
Aspen Cyber Summit
The Aspen Cyber Summit is the nation’s premier annual technology and cybersecurity policy gathering.
www.aspencybersummit.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The cyber community is facing a world that's changing fast, from shifting government priorities to the rapid rise of AI. Explore the speaker list for
@aspendigital.bsky.social
2025 #AspenCyber Summit on Nov 18 where leaders gather to create a safer world www.aspencybersummit.org
#take9
@aspendigital.bsky.social
2025 #AspenCyber Summit on Nov 18 where leaders gather to create a safer world www.aspencybersummit.org
#take9
Very cool #MITRE project mapping inter-dependencies of critical infrastructure: www.esri.com/about/newsro...
US Water, Power, and Emergency Systems Are Vulnerable; Advanced Maps Show Where
MITRE is building a national mapping system to reveal where America's critical infrastructure connections create dangerous vulnerabilities.
www.esri.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Very cool #MITRE project mapping inter-dependencies of critical infrastructure: www.esri.com/about/newsro...
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And.... we've sold out of Early Birds in 60 seconds... 🤯
THANK YOU to everyone who purchased tickets!
Fret not though, our General Admission tickets go on sale in November! If you have any questions, please reach out to outreach@districtcon.org
THANK YOU to everyone who purchased tickets!
Fret not though, our General Admission tickets go on sale in November! If you have any questions, please reach out to outreach@districtcon.org
September 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
And.... we've sold out of Early Birds in 60 seconds... 🤯
THANK YOU to everyone who purchased tickets!
Fret not though, our General Admission tickets go on sale in November! If you have any questions, please reach out to outreach@districtcon.org
THANK YOU to everyone who purchased tickets!
Fret not though, our General Admission tickets go on sale in November! If you have any questions, please reach out to outreach@districtcon.org
Tickets are up!
September 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Tickets are up!
The UNLV Cyber Clinic is doing great things! #CyberCivilDefense @cyberclinics.bsky.social
www.fox5vegas.com/2025/07/09/u...
www.fox5vegas.com/2025/07/09/u...
UNLV clinic helping small businesses with free cybersecurity measures
UNLV’s Cyber Clinic is a student and volunteer run organization that provides free cybersecurity services to small businesses in the Las Vegas Valley.
www.fox5vegas.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The UNLV Cyber Clinic is doing great things! #CyberCivilDefense @cyberclinics.bsky.social
www.fox5vegas.com/2025/07/09/u...
www.fox5vegas.com/2025/07/09/u...
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Exclusive: Children hacking their own schools for 'fun', watchdog warns. "What starts out as a dare can lead to children taking part in damaging attacks on organisations." Comes amid a spate of high profile cyber-attacks in which teenage hackers are implicated
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Most school hacks carried out by their own pupils, watchdog says
The Information Commissioner's Office says schools face an
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Exclusive: Children hacking their own schools for 'fun', watchdog warns. "What starts out as a dare can lead to children taking part in damaging attacks on organisations." Comes amid a spate of high profile cyber-attacks in which teenage hackers are implicated
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...