Cybersecurity Can Be Intimidating - It Doesn't Have To Be

GoCyber Collective is breaking down walls of isolation and replacing them with the safety net of relationships, networking and support. GoCyber brings business and technology leaders together. Our mission is cyber-safety, security, education, and information sharing. GoCyber is a collective of professionals and leaders from the entire industry spectrum, starting the critical conversations, sparking innovation, and helping to make the region cyber-safe for everyone.

Collaboration = Innovation = Cyber Safety

CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION

Want to sponsor a month? Multiple months? GoCyber Collective is welcoming business and community leaders wanting to serve the greater good and join our mission. We have packages available to sponsor a breakfast meeting and become a Foundational Sponsor, Digital Guardian or Cyber Defender. Contact John Seibel for details. Cybersecurity is a team effort.

Collective Core - Collective Commitment

GoCyber Collective - Core Programs

Monthly Networking Events

We bring together IT professionals, business leaders, directors, and managers to share resources, stay informed about the latest cyber threats/solutions and strengthen community cybersecurity and protect critical infrastructure, data, and organizations.

Workforce Training

We prepare IT, data, and cybersecurity professionals to stand on the frontlines of the digital battlefield. Our training programs upskill workers with essential skills to detect, intercept, and mitigate cyberattacks. The courses/workshops strengthen organizational defenses against evolving threats, allowing your organization to stay ahead of malicious actors in an ever-changing cybersecurity landscape.

Community Outreach Initiatives

Cybersecurity isn’t just for professionals—it’s for everyone. Our outreach programs, Safe Senior Surfing and Healthy Digital Families, empower individuals and families with the tools to stay safe online.

Municipal Cyber Summit

On August 21st, GoCyber Collective hosted an essential conversation on the future of cybersecurity for municipalities. The cyber landscape had changed, and the passage of Am. Sub. Ohio House Bill 96 changes the responsibilities for every "political subdivision" (county, township, municipal corporation, group responsible for governmental activities).

The Municipal Cyber Summit started the critical conversation about what the new law means, when new systems and policies must be implemented and questions about funding. GoCyber Collective brought together city managers, IT directors, municipal leadership, state and federal elected leadership, appointees and stakeholders to explore how we can collectively strengthen digital defenses, respond to evolving threats, and ensure compliance with new legal standards.

"With new legal mandates and evolving digital threats, local governments can’t afford to wait," said John Seibel, Executive Director of GoCyber Collective. "This summit is designed to give our leaders the knowledge and tools they need to comply with HB 96, safeguard their communities and to prepare for what’s next."

To see the entire slide deck of the Municipal Cyber Summit, click HERE.

Within the slide deck, you will:

  • Gain clarity on your obligations under HB 96
  • Learn practical strategies from real-world case studies
  • Receive tools, checklists, and direction to move your city forward

This is just the start of the conversation, which continues at GoCyber Collective. Join us for our monthly breakfast meeting the third Wednesday of each month. Click HERE to register. We look forward to seeing you in the Collective.

Cyber 101 for Law Enforcement

Cyber 101 for Law Enforcement is a statecertified training course tailored to the real-world needs of law enforcement agencies—from dispatchers and detectives to leadership and administrative staff. This workshop will demystify today’s top cyber threats and provide practical tools to identify, respond to, and report digital crimes. OPOTA has certified 8 CPT hours (1 Legal Updates/7 Elective)

Register by clicking HERE

When: Tuesday September 9, 2025
Where: Tyler Technologies | 201 Tyler Way, Moraine, OH 45439
Cost: $250 per attendee 

GoCyber Collective is proud to invite law enforcement professionals from across Ohio to a full-day, hands-on cybersecurity awareness workshop designed specifically for those who serve and protect. 

Topics include: 

  • How to handle crypto-related crimes and wire fraud 
  • Jurisdictional challenges in cybercrime investigations 
  • Social media platforms and digital evidence 
  • Home computer takeover scams & credit card skimmers 
  • Online child exploitation & trafficking response 
  • OPSEC for officers: securing your devices and your data 
  • Best practices for digital safety within the department 

This essential training equips law enforcement personnel with a foundation in cybersecurity, helping your agency navigate today’s rapidly evolving digital threat landscape. 

Seating is limited. Register early to secure your spot.
Open to all law enforcement agencies—municipal, county, state, and federal.

HIPPA: After the Cyberattack

In the wake of the recent large-scale cyberattack on Kettering Health, one of the region’s largest healthcare systems, and the recent admission of another at Premier Health in 2023, the importance of HIPAA compliance has never been more urgent. Healthcare providers, business associates, and administrators must take proactive steps to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) and prevent costly breaches.

In the face of growing cyber threats, Keith Marceau led a critical workshop today, HIPPA: After the Cyberattack. Keith delivered the tools, knowledge and awareness needed to be compliant in 2025, securely serve their customers/patients and remain resilient in the face of growing cyber threats.

GoCyber Collective continues to lead the discussion for healthy cyber postures throughout the medical sector, and all industries for that matter. Come and be part of the discussion by attending the next monthly breakfast meeting. You can register for the next meeting by clicking HERE and don't miss our next workshop, LEADS: Managing Public Safety. You can register for that by clicking HERE.

Safe Senior Surfing

What a great turnout in Kettering!!!

Thank you to the Kettering Rec Center, Lt. Ryan Vandegrift and the 34 Seniors who allowed GoCyber Collective to serve them. We had a great conversation over the hour, showing them some of the many ways scammers are trying to get their information and their retirement.

I am so happy to say this great group left with more confidence on how to sniff out and avoid things like "Pig Butchering", romance scams, voice AI scams, phishing and many others inciduous scams.

Safe Senior Surfing is a free service provided by GoCyber Collective. If you have a group of Seniors who needs this to better equip themselves with a healthier digital life and AVOID SCAMS, email John Seibel at john@gocybercollective.org.

Who we are. What we do. Why we do it.

GoCyber Collective. Catchy name, but who are they? What do they do? Why should we care? We hear you, so we started a new series fittingly called, Who we are. Why we are here. Why we do it. This will take you to the core of our cyber awareness mission, our vision to spread cyber training/education and why we are serving an increasingly critical need.

Episode 3

In the latest episode of "Who we are. What we do. Why we do it.", GoCyber Collective Executive Director John Seibel talks with Kyle Jones, Asst. Dean of Technology among many things at Sinclair Community College, about the critical role education plays in the cyber ecosystem with the rapidly evolving and sophisticated threats. Click here to watch.

Episode 2

In the second installment of GoCyber Collective's series, "Who we Are. What we do. Why we do it.", Executive Director John Seibel talks with Gary Estes, the Deputy Director of Warren County Telecommunications about the role local governments are playing on the cybersecurity front and how GoCyber's communication platforms allow organizations, agencies and businesses throughout Southwestern Ohio to team up to identify, intercept and neutralize cyber threats in real-time. Click here to watch.

Episode 1

GoCyber Collective Executive Director John Seibel talks with the Founder and CEO of Secure Cyber, Shawn Waldman, about the cyber threat realities, and why he started the GoCyber Collective non-profit. Click here to watch.

Upcoming Speakers, Training and Events

Click Here to Register for the Monthly Breakfast Meeting

2025

Feb. - Joe Tinney - VP of Cyber Operations - Secure Cyber - Certificates as Open-Source Intelligence - Diving into Certificate Transparency to monitor for compromise and attack surface

March - Patrick O’Connell - Darkhorse Investigations & Tactical Solutions - Physical Security

April - Ashima Sharma - AI Consultant - Founding Partner, Ayuka Consulting

May - Seth Hamman, PhD - Director - Center for the Advancement of Cybersecurity - Cedarville University

June - Eric Fisher - District Technical Coordinator - Mad River Local Schools - The economic, organizational and personal cost of not being Cyber Safe

July - Mike Beagles - Director of IT - Mission Critical Partners

August - Ken Smith - Director and Sales Engineer - Arctic Wolf - How we can avoid the chaos and mistakes of past physical penetration testing and do better as clients and consultants

September - Anna Blair - Senior Systems Engineer - KBR - Using systems thinking to engineer safe and secure systems, viewing security as a systems-wide property instead of just an IT function

October - Scot Ganow - Partner - Taft, Stettinius & Hollister - Privacy, Security Law and Government Contracting

November - Ann Carbonell, PhD - Principal Technical Advisor - UDRI - Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) and Cybersecurity: Mapping the Future of Threats

December - GoCyber Holiday Breakfast

2026

January - General (Ret.) Paul Craft - Cyber/National Security Exec. - Craft Cyber Group/GoCyber Collective Boardmember - Former Commander of U.S. Army Cyber Command gives the "State of the Cyber World", including the defense concerns and posture of the U.S. in a rapidly shifting geopolitical climate

February - Helen Patton - Cybersecurity Executive Advisor - Cisco

GoCyber Academy

Strengthen Your Cyber Defenses... Together.

Cyber threats are evolving every day. Keep your organization ahead of the threat and on the cutting edge of cybersecurity by enrolling in our suite of classes. GoCyber Collective has teamed up with CyberProAI to create a catalog of courses to beef up your organization's cyber defenses by upskilling your employees. Red/blue classes, 20 and 40-hour certificate-based courses and workshops customized to your needs, including executive level training. Click HERE for the entire catalog.

 

What Makes GoCyber Academy Different

GoCyber Collective is leading the online cyber education charge with INSTRUCTOR-LED classes with the world's leading cyber range driven by Cympire. These courses are not videos you just watch. A LIVE instructor leads you through hands-on learning. Drew Weizman recently completed Active Directory Hacking through the GoCyber Academy. Like anyone, he had certain expectations going in. Those expectations were exceeded and then some. Real instructor-led, hands-on experiential learning with Cympire's world-class range. Listen to Drew explain why this class was WAY beyond expectations.

 

William Cornett, MBA, PMP, CISSP completed Active Directory Hacking recently. William is the CISO of Warren County Telecommunications and has taken a variety of courses over the years. This was different. Here's his testimonial on why.

Upskilling:

Active Directory Hacking - The Active Directory Hacking course offers a deep dive into exploiting and securing AD.

Web Application Hacking - The Web Application Hacking course equips learners with the expertise to assess, identify, and mitigate vulnerabilities within web-based systems.

Powershell for Penetration Testing - The PowerShell for PT course will enable participants to automate and streamline their Windows environment.

Threat Intelligence - Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) covers the collection, analysis, and use of threat intelligence to defend against cyber threats. 

Network Forensics - The Network Forensics course delves into the principles and practices of dissecting network-based incidents.

Windows Forensics - The Windows Forensics course teaches the techniques and tools to investigate and analyze digital evidence within Windows systems.

 

Management:

Cybersecurity Insights for Executives - This course is intended to give participants a broad understanding of cybersecurity, leavethem with actionable information, and enable them to understand and support cybersecurityincidents and investments.

AI Leadership - This accelerated workshop introduces Artificial Intelligence (AI) from a business perspective, focusing on its applications, strategic value, and relevant U.S. regulatory and ethical considerations.

 

Coming Soon:

Cyber Workshop

C-Level Executive Training

 

Cloudflare Protecting Elections and Schools

Election integrity and safeguarding our kids. Those are foundational principles for Cloudflare. Scott Jobe share with the GoCyber Collective just how Cloudflare works with county boards of election and school districts as well as helping the public sector and private companies improve speed, security and reliability of websites, applications and networks.

Click here to see the slide deck: Cloudflare GoCyber Presentation 2025 0319

 

GoCyber Collective meets monthly and is open to all business and technology leaders.

Meetings will occur on the third Wednesday of each month throughout 2025.

201 Tyler Way, Moraine, Ohio 45439

Schedule

7:30-9:30am

Breakfast, Coffee, and Networking

Monthly Threat Update

Speaker or Panel Discussion

Breakout Small Group Discussion for Industry-Specific SIG'S (Special Interest Groups), ie: Public Safety, Defense Contracting

Questions and Networking

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