mikebrennan

About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

Michigan Cyberpatriot Program Update with Tamara Shoemaker

ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker, who founded the Michigan Cyberpatriot program nearly a decade ago, returns to talk about her year working with Auto-ISAC helping the auto industry train its engineers to incorporate cybersecurity safeguards into today's connected vehicles. She also promotes CyberPatriot, a national program that trains students and senior citizens to surf the

By |2023-07-23T17:03:29-04:00July 23rd, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Cybersecurity Update: US Cyber Policy Disclosed, Hacker Unmasks Himself

ANN ARBOR - Our cybersecurity pros return for this Cybersecurity update that looks at the new National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan. Former Michigan CIO Dan Lohrmann takes the lead on providing details. Then Richard Stiennon from IT-Harvest provides details on another headline, Prominent Threat Actor Accidentally Infects Own Computer with Info-Stealer. A major hacker exposed

By |2023-07-21T10:10:44-04:00July 21st, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

SensCy Partners With Automation Alley, Oakland University For Cybersecurity R&D And Training

ANN ARBOR - Former Gov. Rick Snyder joins MITech TV to provide details on a recent announcement that partners his fractional cybersecurity company, SensCy, with Automation Alley and Oakland University to create a cybersecurity research and development as well as training center. Other partners includes Fraunhofer USA, and GRIMM Cyber. The center is funded by

By |2023-07-18T17:38:57-04:00July 18th, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

White House Spokesman: UFOs And UAPs Real Issue Impacting US Air Force

John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, said the phenomena 'have already had an impact' on Unites States Air Force training ranges. The White House has said that UFOs (unidentified flying objects) or UAPs (Unexplained Aerial Phenomena) are a "real issue" - and then revealed that they

By |2023-07-18T08:23:31-04:00July 18th, 2023|Guest Columns|

Bill Gives Government Ownership Of All UFOs And Alien Biological Evidence

WASHINGTON DC - Senator Chuck Schumer has recently introduced legislation that would create a task force to ultimately declassify an extensive cache of UAP documents. One interesting part of the legislation notes that ownership of UFOs would be automatically given to the federal government through eminent domain, along with any biological evidence of aliens. The news

By |2023-07-18T08:25:13-04:00July 18th, 2023|Politics, Politics/Government, Science|

July 17: Cybersecurity Update, Auto-ISAC, Senscy, Presidio and IT Harvest

July 17 Cybersecurity update. We have Tamara Shoemaker talking about Auto-ISAC and Cyber Patriot, plus Rick Snyder joining us to talk about his fractional cybersecurity company, Senscy, and its recent partnership with Automation Alley and Oakland University to create a cybersecurity center. Then we have Dan Lohrmann and Richard Stiennon updating the latest cyber threats.

By |2023-07-17T18:28:23-04:00July 17th, 2023|Podcasts|

Executive Search Partners Adds New Partners

ANN ARBOR - Gary Erickson, managing partners of Executive Search Partners, returns to MITech TV to provide details on several new partners that have joined the executive recruiting practice. ExecSearchPartners.Com focuses on recruiting executive level personnel for major companies. Those include Chief Information Officers, Chief Informaiton Security Officers and similar titles. To find out what

By |2023-07-11T19:18:37-04:00July 11th, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Norwegian Hydrogen Company To Build Gigawatt Electrolyzer Plant In Michigan

LANSING – Norwegian hydrogen company Nel Hydrogen is establishing an automated gigawatt electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Michigan. The project is expected to generate a total capital investment of up to $400 million and create more than 500 manufacturing jobs, Gov. Whitmer said in a press release. “We’re thrilled to bring home an up to $400

By |2023-07-10T06:45:54-04:00July 10th, 2023|Clean Update, Featured, Politics/Government|

Self-Employed Legal Fees Deduction: Increasing Tax Savings

You are in charge of your own taxes as a self-employed person, which can be a difficult undertaking. Maximizing tax savings while remaining legal is one of the difficulties. Using tax deductions for business expenses, such as legal bills, is one approach to achieve this. To make the most of these deductions, though, it's crucial

By |2023-07-08T10:53:18-04:00July 8th, 2023|Guest Columns|

What’s Michigan Doing To Support Mobility and Electrification?

LANSING - Charlie Tyson who runs the office of Future Mobility and Electrification from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. joins Matt and Mike on MITech TV to provide details on how the state of Michigan is providing grants and other services to help keep Michigan the mobility hub of the world. https://youtu.be/s-xC0hVJvx0

By |2023-06-29T16:03:50-04:00June 29th, 2023|mitechtv, Mobility|