GRAND RAPIDS - By making a significant investment in cybersecurity, West Michigan manufacturers can avoid having their sensitive information getting into the wrong hands. Just ask Jessica Dore, a principal in technology risk management in Grand Rapids at accounting and consulting firm Rehmann LLC. Dore works on the firm’s Corporate Investigative Services unit that performs cybersecurity
LANSING - How does your company use technology in its day-to-day operations? If you are like most, you buy and sell products or raw materials, intellectual property is stored on-line, you communicate with customers and vendors and promoting your business via social media are simply part of your day. Unfortunately, each of these actions provides
ROYAL OAK - Rajiv Das, Michigan’s chief information security officer (CISO), provides the highlights of the sixth North American International Cyber Summit 2017 hosted Oct. 30 by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. The event at Cobo Center drew nearly a thousand people to downtown Detroit, including experts from across the globe to address a variety of
LANSING - The North American International Cyber Summit 2017 hosted by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, is once again set to take place in the heart of Downtown Detroit at Cobo Center. As in previous year’s, this event will bring together experts from across the globe to address a variety of cyber-security issues impacting the world.
SAN FRANCISCO - Most US adults are affected by the hack. Here's a step-by-step on what to do. One of the largest data breaches in history has left 143 million people wondering if their highly personal data has been exposed to hackers. For now, Equifax doesn't explicitly tell you if you were a victim, and
GRAND LEDGE - As all eyes turned toward the Caribbean and Florida this week in essential preparation for Hurricane Irma, Equifax announced a different kind of unprecedented ‘incident’ that could significantly impact half of the U.S. population. Here’s what you need to know and how to respond to protect your identity and your family. Just
MOSCOW - More than 1.65 million computers were targeted by cryptocurrency mining malware attacks in the first eight months of 2017, according to a new report from Kaspersky Lab. The Russia-based cybersecurity outfit said on Tuesday that the figure represents the number of computers, running Kaspersky software, that were protected from the malicious software, which can turn
SAN JOSE, Ca. - The horror story scenario of taking down electrical power grids has moved from science fiction to science fact contends Symantec, which found evidence that hundreds of grids in the U.S., Turkey and Switzerland have been the target of a massive hacking campaign dubbed Dragonfly 2.0. Some reports link it to Russia.
MANKATO, MN. - How does a small country — with about the same population count as Switzerland — position itself to compete in the fast-pace cybersecurity global marketplace? In this article, we’ll explore the factors that have enabled Israel to position itself as a key future player in cybersecurity. In a follow-up article, we’ll look
TEL AVIV, Israel - Mike Brennan, editor of MiTechNews, was formally invited by the Israeli government to cover the prestigious CyberWeek 2017 at Tel Aviv University starting June 25. 7,000 participants from 48 countries have gathered in Israel this week to discuss tactics and technology of cybersecurity. Mike will report all week long from his
