Tamara Shoemaker

Michigan Cyberpatriot Program Seeks Donors To Fund Summer Camps

DEARBORN - The Michigan CyberPatriot Program needs companies and individuals interested in helping develop the next generation of cyber warriors to donate money in April so founder Tamara Shoemaker can fund summer cybersecurity camps for grade-school students. To pull that off, MICyberPatriot needs $5000 in financial commitments. Tamara also needs $2500 to pay for trophies

By |2024-04-16T15:33:13-04:00April 15th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Michigan Cyberpatriot Sends Team To National Finals, Seeks Donations

DEARBORN - Michigan Cyber Patriot is a decade-long program founded by cybersecurity professional Tamara Shoemaker that teaches grade-school students the basics of how to stay safe on the Internet. Another element of the program does the same for senior citizens. Part of MICyberPatriot is a competition among participants along the lines of capture the flag.

By |2024-03-05T14:22:15-05:00March 5th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

MICyberPatriot Program Gets Team Into National Finals

DETROIT - The Michigan Cyber Patriot program, that works with grade school students to make the cyber security savvy, has placed a team in the national finals, where they will compete against 11 other teams from around the country. Michigan Cyber Patriot Founder Tamars Shoemaker joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on MITech TV to

By |2024-02-25T13:07:59-05:00February 17th, 2024|Cyber Defense|

Cyberpatriot Program Seeks Mentors, Sponsors To Teach Students Cybersecurity

DETROIT - Cyberpatriot is a national program that teaches grade-school students not only how to safely navigate the internet, but also provides them with the basic training they can use to launch cybersecurity careers. In Michigan, the program was started about a decade ago by Tamara Shoemaker. She joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan in

By |2024-01-23T15:24:45-05:00January 23rd, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Michigan Cyber Patriot Programs Gets Funding, Seeks Mentors

SOUTHFIELD - The Michigan Cyber Patriot program works with grade-school students to teach them how to surf the Internet safely. It also gives them the basic tools they need to eventually become highly paid cybersecurity professionals. Founder Tamara Shoemaker joins MITech TV to provide details on how the program works, how instruction can also include

By |2023-12-14T08:38:57-05:00December 12th, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Michigan Cyber Patriot Program Seeks Donations, Mentors To Stay Operational

SOUTHFIELD - Michigan Cyber Patriot is a program aimed at grade-school students to provide them with the knowledge to surf the web safetly and not run afoul of cyber hackers. Joining Matt and Mike on MItech TV is founder Tamara Shioemaker who appealed for financial help, and mentor support, to keep the decade-old program operational.

By |2023-11-05T11:05:39-05:00November 5th, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

MICyberPatriot Seeks Mentors, Financial Support To Teach Student Cyber Awareness

SOUTHFIELD - October is cybersecurity awareness month and Michigan Cyber Patriot, a decade-old program that teaches K-12 students how to become cyber aware, needs support to continue its mission. Founder Tamara Shoemaker needs financial support to keep the program operational and support summer camps. She also needs mentors to virtually teach students how to surf

By |2023-10-03T17:48:22-04:00October 3rd, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Teaching Cybersecurity Manual For Grade School Teachers

ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity in our Internet-intensive world is more important than ever. Tamara Shoemaker, founder of the Michigan Cyber Patriot Program that trains grade-school students to be cyber savvy, appear on MITech TV to talk about a new book she has written - Teaching Cybersecurity - that will help teachers explain cybersecurity safety tips

By |2023-09-03T17:54:36-04:00August 23rd, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

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|

AUTO-ISAC Provides Cybersecurity Training For Auto Engineers To Keep The Bad Guys Out

ANN ARBOR - Today's highly connected vehicles are prime targets for hackers who see them as an easy way to penetrate corporate networks. Auto-ISAC trains auto engineers how to keep hackers out. Tamara Shoemaker returns to MITech TV to talk about how her day job, running Auto-ISAC, works and also provides details on two upcoming

By |2023-05-16T16:38:06-04:00May 16th, 2023|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|