Jocelyn King’s Cyber Security Horror Story and How to Vanquish the Nightmare

The Public Speaking Horror Show

Host Laura Reid welcomes the Queen of Online Safety, Jocelyn King, to the show to talk about the terror of cybercrime and how to stay safe against hacks. Jocelyn was a victim of cybercrime herself and now she is named one of the top ten women in cybersecurity and is the Founder and CEO of Smarter Online Safety. Jocelyn shares the real-life horror story of the sanity-destroying cybercrime she was a victim of, how she rallied and became a cyber security expert, the power of neural sculpting, and surviving nightmare speech failures along the way.

What Jocelyn King learned about cybersecurity and what she now shares online was not available when she herself was a victim of cybercrime. As Laura says, Jocelyn needed her present self back then. The scary reality of being hacked and losing not just financial security and online privacy, but home security and physical safety is harrowing. But Jocelyn explains how it drove her to create the resources she needed and didn’t have. Being a podcast host, speaker, and former singer, Jocelyn also has a lot of public speaking experiences to discuss and not all of them went smoothly. Join Laura as she learns how to stay safe online, what neural sculpting is, and why Jocelyn says to smile and breathe when something goes wrong onstage.

About Jocelyn King:

Jocelyn King is the CEO and Founder of Smarter Online Safety, dedicated to empowering and equipping individuals and organizations with the knowledge to protect themselves in today’s evolving AI-driven cybercrime world. A renowned safety expert and educator, she has been recognized as a “Top 10 Woman in Cybersecurity” and is a sought-after keynote speaker and the podcast host of Smarter Online Safety. Her expertise has been featured on Dr. Phil’s prime-time news, morning shows, and international radio and podcasts.

As the creator of the Better Online Safety Simplified (BOSS) System, Jocelyn makes online protection as intuitive and simple as locking your doors and windows. What sets her apart? She isn’t just a cybersecurity expert—she’s a cybercrime survivor. After enduring a long-term, devastating hacker attack, she collaborated with top security professionals to master hacker tactics and protection strategies. Now, she uses her hard-earned expertise to help others stay safer and saner online.

Jocelyn holds a B.S. from the University of San Francisco and an MBA from Saint Mary’s College of California.

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Contact Jocelyn King:

• Website: SmarterOnlineSafety.com
• Podcast: Smarter Online Safety with Jocelyn King
• LinkedIn

Contact Laura Reid | The Speech Slayer:

• Website: TheSpeechSlayer.com
• Facebook: TheSpeechSlayer
• Instagram: @Laura_InWonderland
• Linkedin: Laura Reid
• Book: “The Public Speaking Horror Show: 7 Secrets to Kill It as a Speaker” by Laura Reid

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Transcript

Laura Reid: [00:00:02] All right, speech slayers. Welcome to another episode of the Public Speaking Horror Show. And get ready because today's guest knows all about real life horror. But we're not talking about ghosts and ghouls. We're talking about something even scarier: cybercrime and neuro sculpting. Ouch. Today's guest is better known as the Queen of Online Safety. She is the founder and CEO of Smarter Online Safety, where she empowers everyone from CEOs to celebrities, parents to entrepreneurs on how to protect themselves in the digital age. From hackers and AI deep fakes to the latest scams, she helps people stay safe, sane and informed in an online world that's, let's face it, getting creepier by the day. But here's where things get terrifying. She wasn't always a cybersecurity expert. In fact, she was once a victim of cyber crime herself. And not just a little hack, but a life shattering attack that devastated her finances, her career, health and even marriage. That experience forced her to fight back. And now she's not just a survivor, she was named a top ten woman in cybersecurity and has dedicated herself to helping others stay protected before it's too late. So if you've ever worried about getting hacked, scammed, or even digitally impersonated, this episode is for you. Buckle up because we're diving into the real horror stories of the internet, and trust me, you'll want to hear what she has to say before you click on that next suspicious link. Let's slay the cyber monsters and learn how our brains can help us slay our nerves too on stage, there's a lot to unpack. Welcome to The Public Speaking Horror Show Jocelyn King.

Jocelyn King: [00:01:57] Oh, thank you so much, Laura. So great to be here with you and everybody. And you're not only a speech slayer, you are a podcast introduction slayer. That was amazing.

Laura Reid: [00:02:06] Oh. Thank you. Thank you so much. So we're going to get started with what I'm calling the killer 13. These are 13 rapid fire, quirky, sometimes spooky, random questions. Are you ready to play?

Jocelyn King: [00:02:23] No, of course not. But sure.

Laura Reid: [00:02:27] That's the correct answer. Sure. All right. Number one, what's scarier? A room full of zombies or a room full of hackers?

Jocelyn King: [00:02:38] Hackers.

Laura Reid: [00:02:39] Okay, I thought you'd say that one. If you could go back and tell your child self one thing, what would it be?

Jocelyn King: [00:02:48] Take a deep breath and try to have fun.

Laura Reid: [00:02:52] Oh, I love that one. Awesome. Number three. What's the worst cybersecurity mistake most people make every day?

Jocelyn King: [00:03:01] Mhm. You know, here's one that everybody forgets about. I work with people who are like oh yeah, no I don't need any cybersecurity training. I use a password manager. I've got unique passwords. I've got my devices locked up. I've got my security settings and everything. And I say, great. When was the last time you updated your router admin password? And most people think, did they ever do it or did they just plug it in and leave the 0000 password in with the admin login that I could, we could all hack into your account even though it has the secure lock. When you look at Wi-Fi, that's the fastest way in to your entire network, your entire files and all and your entire life.

Laura Reid: [00:03:47] I am already feeling my anxiety rise a bit.

Jocelyn King: [00:03:51] I hope everybody listening is going. Oh, I got it. Or they have to ask their partner or somebody, like, have we ever done that?

Laura Reid: [00:03:59] Oh my goodness. Okay. Thank you.

Jocelyn King: [00:04:02] Thank you I think. Right.

Laura Reid: [00:04:04] Okay. Number four, wou...