ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker, who runs the Michigan cyberpatriot program, updates what's happening with the online cybersecurity training and warns that the deadline for middle and high schools to apply for the competition is Oct. 15. Virtual Cybersecurity Nationwide Competition Of special interest to this group is the expansion of the CyberPatriot program across
DETROIT - Education provides a funnel where what we really need is a firehose to meet the demand for properly trained and educated cybersecurity workers -. What do I mean by “Properly trained and Educated”? We need to get up-to-speed on what is necessary to be successful in real cybersecurity careers today. Every employee in
DETROIT - It would seem that every person is being trained in information security and knows what passwords to choose, how often they need to be changed, how to store them. But, for some reason (most likely, the fault of all carelessness), they ignore these rules. Not so long ago, there was a survey called
LANSING - The 2020 North American International Cyber Summit, scheduled for Oct. 7-8, will be completely virtual and fully interactive, delivering all the benefits of an in-person event, while ensuring the health and safety of our presenters and participants. Also new this year, registration is free for all participants. In the ninth year of the
ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon joins MITech TV once again to update the latest cyber threats plaguing the world. Richard writes for Forbes magazine and is the author of "There Will Be Cyberwar," a book that show how the Chinese military could quickly defeat the US military in a war by disabling electronic
DETROIT - OK, let’s put aside the stresses of working from home and supervising our kids for a minute and think about what the future workforce looks like. One of the things this pandemic has taught me is that change is inevitable. So, adaptability and agility are keys to success. Now let's take a look
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney on Wednesday announced a settlement with the Weather Channel over a lawsuit claiming the company's app gathered millions of people's location data without properly disclosing that the sensitive information was shared with advertisers. The office considered the settlement a major privacy win, as it will now require The Weather Channel
ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker, who runs the Michigan Cyber Patriot program for grade school students, discusses how the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted the program aimed at teaching cyber security skills. Shoemaker serves as the director for University of Detroit Mercy's Center for Cyber Security & Intelligence Studies. Since becoming director in 2015, Shoemaker has led
AUSTIN, Texas - According to Microsoft's Global Threat Activity tracker, 61 percent (nearly 4.8 million) of malware encounters reported within the past 30 days took aim at the education sector, making it the most affected industry. The business and professional services sector came in second with just under 1 million incidents. Data from the K–12
LANSING - Back in the spring of 2016, this blog asked the rhetorical question, “Could the election be hacked?” The response: most people, including industry experts at the time, either ignored, mocked or laughed at the suggestion. But after the events of the past few years, no one is laughing now at the potential for
