DETROIT - More interviews from the North American International Cyber Summit, this one with David Behen, the state of Michigan’s Chief Information Officer. Behen said Michigan is one of the nation’s leaders in cybersecurity, in large party thanks to the guidance of Gov. Rick Snyder. Behen said Virginia, Missouri, Ohio and Indiana are catching up,
DETROIT - M2 TechCast went to the North American International Cyber Summit on Oct. 17 to interview cybersecurity experts. One of those folks at the conference was Linda Marshall who spent decades in executive-level positions streamlining call centers and customer service at Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless, as well as a stint as president of
DETROIT - Jason Vazzano and Kurt Steckling have turn dreaming into a a very profitable business. Founded in Detroit in 1999, Vectorform invents digital products and experiences for the world’s leading brands with a focus on Mobile, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Internet of Things, Smart Home, Connected Vehicles and Wearable Technology. Vectorform has five global offices:
ANN ARBOR - In June, NASCAR Team Circle Sport admitted it paid off ransomware runners after one of its main test computers was infected with Truecrypt malware, a form of ransomware. The NASCAR laptop was quickly isolated, but the ransomware left the team’s crucial test data locked up two days before a big race. Despite
AUBURN HILLS - Oakland University is among seven institutions selected by the National Science Foundation to receive $5 million in grant funds over the next five years as part of a collaborative research project designed to encourage low-income students to pursue degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics related fields. “The idea
SAN FRANCISCO - If you've never heard of a DDoS attack before, you could be forgiven for wondering what the frak was going on Friday as half your favorite websites stopped working. The acronym stands for "distributed denial of service attack," which is technical speak for a simple but increasingly powerful tool for knocking websites
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Oct. 24, LTU’s Sabrina Collins will discuss the Marburger STEM Center on the Southfield campus. MISBDC State Director Keith Brophy will interview HyGenesis’s found, as well as announce that the Michigan Celebrates Small Business competition is now open. Timber Shea will make here first appearance representing Inforum and interview
NEW YORK - Twitter, Spotify and Reddit, and a huge swath of other websites were down or screwed up Friday morning. This was happening as hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It’s probably safe to assume that the two situations are related.
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GRAND RAPIDS - What happens when you bring technology & Michigan beers together? You have a TechMash. And when it falls near Halloween, you get a Halloween-themed TechMash. Join C/D/H on October 26 at its Grand Rapids office, located at 15 Ionia Avenue SW, Suite 270, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00
