Cyber Defense

Planning for a Nation-State Cyber Attack — Are You Ready?

LANSING - Warnings are pouring in from all over the world about the U.S. and U.K. domestic impacts resulting from a potential attack on Ukraine from Russia. Assuming the U.S. imposes sanctions or takes other retaliatory measures against Russia should an invasion occur, experts say that cyber attacks could be launched against U.S. and U.K.

By |2022-02-14T09:20:25-05:00February 14th, 2022|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Scholarships Available For Women Pursuing Careers Related To National Security

DETROIT - Women in Defense Michigan established the Horizon Scholarship Program in 2009 to encourage women to pursue careers related to the national security and defense interests of the United States, and to provide development opportunities to women already working in these fields. From the program inception to date, more than $100,000 in scholarships have

By |2022-02-13T19:10:49-05:00February 13th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

ISSA Motor City Chapter Meeting Feb. 17 Focus: Teaching Cybersecurity To Lawyers

SOUTHFIELD - Join Motor City ISSA for a discussion on Information Security with a Guest Speaker from New York State. Date: February 17 Time: 6 to 8 PM Location: Register to receive the meeting invite. Speaker and Topic Information Scott Aurnou, Esq., CISSP is an attorney and founder of The Security Advocate Teaching Cyber Security

By |2022-02-13T19:10:49-05:00February 13th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

The Online Threats That Businesses Face The Most In 2022

DETROIT - There is no doubt that as technology advances, there are a lot more opportunities out there for businesses. That being said, with those opportunities also come potential threats as with this evolving technology, so too are there more ways for hackers to infiltrate a business and steal their private information. This article is

By |2022-02-02T11:01:14-05:00February 2nd, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Almost 6 Billion Accounts Affected By Data Breaches In 2021

DETROIT - The year 2021 was record-breaking in terms of the sheer size of data breaches. According to the data collected and analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, 5.9 billion accounts were affected by data breaches throughout 2021. Atlas VPN has retrieved and calculated the numbers of breached accounts based on multiple publicly available sources.

By |2022-01-21T12:37:03-05:00January 21st, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Will Russian Cyber Attacks On USA Come After Ukrainian Invasion?

ANN ARBOR - When Russia invades the Ukraine in the next week or so, according to US Intelligence Reports, will the US response provoke Russia into attacking the US power grid? Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest, and author of the Book, "There will be Cyberwar," weighs in on that question in this video interview. Already

By |2022-02-04T13:38:33-05:00January 20th, 2022|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Strategies To Successfully Integrate MSPs Into Your Program

DETROIT - Join MotorCity ISSA for a discussion on Information Security with guest speaker Brian Herr, Chief Security Officer of Coretek, who will discuss strategies to successfully integrate MSPs into your program. Date: January 20, 2022 Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM Location: Register to receive the meeting invite. Brian Herr is the Chief Security Officer of

By |2022-01-14T13:31:14-05:00January 14th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Cyber Patriot Program Works With Auto Industry To Create Cyber Security Warriors

ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker who runs the Michigan Cyber Patriot program updates the latest contest news and summer camps for kids from Kindergarten through 12th grade - and even up to senior citizens. The program introduces youngsters to cyber security that Shoemaker hopes will fill a desperate need for cyber security pros not only

By |2022-01-10T18:04:33-05:00January 10th, 2022|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Women In Defense Michigan Chapter Offering STEM Scholarships To Women

ANN ARBOR - Maura Rylander, the scholarship coordinator for the Women in Defense Michigan Chapter, provides details on STEM scholarships available to women in the defense industry or those that want to join the defense industry. More info at WID-MI.Org https://youtu.be/TMIqJB9A7Xo

By |2021-12-30T13:59:30-05:00December 30th, 2021|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

AWS Penetration Testing Cheat Sheet

DETROIT - AWS offers a number of security features out-of-the-box but it is important to be aware that these mitigations are not impenetrable. There will always be security flaws, especially when your infrastructure grows and the more integrations you have with third-party services. It is essential that you conduct penetration tests on your AWS infrastructure

By |2021-12-30T12:17:45-05:00December 30th, 2021|Cyber Defense, Guest Columns|