LANSING - A much-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy was released on March 2, 2023, and reactions have been widespread across the cybersecurity and defense industries. First, here are some of the highlights from the White House fact sheet on the new National Cybersecurity Strategy: We must rebalance the responsibility to defend cyberspace by shifting the burden for cybersecurity away
ANN ARBOR - If you are a grade-school teacher and you want to teach your students not only how to be safe while surfing the Internet, but also about the possibilities of becoming a cybersecurity professional you need to watch this video. Tamara Shoemaker, founder of the Michigan CyberPatriot program, has co-authored a manual that
BIRMINGHAM - ChatGPT introduced in November 2022 now has more than 100 million users worldwide. This Artificial Intelligence powered tool can be used to research the most complicated topics, and write in human-like correctness. That is the good. The bad, says, cybersecurity professional Richard Stiennon is it also can be used by hackers to write
ANN ARBOR - Teaching Cybersecurity: Handbook for Teaching the Cybersecurity in a Conventional Classroom is Tamara Shoemaker's new book on Amazon. Her co-authors are her husband Daniel Shoemaker and Ken Sigler. Shoemaker co-founded Cyber Patriots, a volunteer organization that provides cybersecurity training and competitions for middle and high school students. She's looking for cybersecurity professionals to
SOUTHFIELD - The January ISSA Motor City Chapter Meeting will be dedicated for members to provide input to the upcoming meetings, topics and activities. Date: January 19, 2023 Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM Agenda: Meeting in-person/hybrid What topics are members interested in? Do you know of individuals to speak? Do you want an opportunity to speak?
COMMERCE - Nuspire, a managed security service provider, has compiled a list of cybersecurity predictions the company says may stir up some controversy. Top predictions include: Digital transformation is done. These days, companies can’t function without using digital technology in some way. The security industry has employed digital transformation to drive change, from application and
DETROIT - Cyber Patriot is a cyber training program for not only grade-school students, but also senior citizens who want to use the Internet to keep in touch with their children and grandchildren. Plus Michigan Director Tamara Shoemaker works with auto companies to teach engineers how to design vehicles that won't get hacked. Tamara answer
MOSCOW - According to a report from Kaspersky, 40 percent of American consumers who do most of their shopping after December 16 are willing to shop on sketchy-looking sites if the offer is enticing enough, compared to just 29 percent of shoppers who are mostly done shopping by December 15. A number of similar findings
ANN ARBOR - If you plan to shop online for Holiday gifts, you need to be aware that there are a lot of scammers who will try to steal your money. Cybersecurity experts Dan Lohrmann from Presidio and Richard Stiennon from IT-Harvest provide tips on how to do eCommerce safely. Your can reach Richard at
DETROIT - New evidence has emerged that shows it may now be possible that your computer can become infected by malware simply by viewing PNG images. Researchers have found that the files can contain something called ‘threat actors’ that then deliver malicious payloads, as per Tech Radar. Reports show that a prevalent cyber threat actor called Worok is active at the
