Saturday, December 8, 2012

The Art of (Cyber) War: Memorial Day a Time to reflect on war's true cost......

The Art of (Cyber) War
Memorial Day
For activities honoring U.S. Veteran click on
www.whitehouse.gov

 
April 15th, 2013 - May 10th, 2013
 
（网络）战争的艺术
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/04/china-car-market-raring-to-go-at-shanghai-auto-show, read below about the Shanghai China Auto show...

www.ford.com  
Искусство (Cyber​​) войны
El arte de la (ciber) War
Die Kunst des (Cyber​​) War
President Obama pays down U.S. national debt
L'art de (Cyber​​) War
Vice President Joeseph Biden gives a speech in Michigan, to see click on
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/10/14/vice-president-joe-biden-discusses-american-jobs-act-flint-michigan; for the latest job figures click on
http://www.bls.gov/
（サイバー）アートオブウォー
The Japanese Ambassador to Detroit Kuninori Matsuda Re-dedicates a reflecting pool http://www.thesouthend.wayne.edu/archives/article_82802817-0516-53a0-810a-c07284489d3c.html designed by the World Famous Architect Minoru Yamasaki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Minoru_Yamasaki at Wayne State University with WSU President Alan Gilmour.  In more Japan and Boston, MA News Caroline Kennedy of the Kennedy clan is in line to be appointed Ambassador to Japan http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2013/04/01/caroline-kennedy-reportedly-line-envoy-japan-would-first-female-fill-high-profile-post/sOaCbmyIKmWnECSNJAhD8O/story.html.  The
USA Asia pivot by President Obama continues with a visit to the leader of South Korea
click on http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/07/president-obama-meets-president-park-south-korea for video.  While on the other side of the world Isra-el bombs Syria http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-05/world/39048358_1_israeli-warplanes-israeli-attack-israeli-military-spokeswoman; causing U.S. Generals at the Pentagon to make war planning scenarios http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/04/world/meast/us-syria-obama; just in case while Secretary of State John Kerry negotiates with Russia.  
 
This book is a must read www.amazon.com
Joseph P. Kennedy..
Was the first Chairman of the SEC www.sec.gov
Was a Hollywood mogul who was a pioneer in political media relations and of course his
 
 
To see the U.S. Presidential Science Fair click on
האמנות (סייבר) המלחמה
فن (سايبر) الحرب
Die kuns van (Cyber​​) War
First Lady Michelle Obama starts program for U.S. Veterans and spouses of Afghanistan and Iraq wars
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/04/30/announcing-new-hiring-commitments-veterans-and-military-spouses. The First Lady has also visited U.S. classrooms in
person, speaking of education U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Michigan classrooms recently with the Governor Snyder of Michigan; click below for
more info http://photos.mlive.com/detroit/2013/05/us_secretary_of_education_arne_19.html.
Sanaa ya (it) Vita
The Art of (Cyber​​) Perang
Ben Rhodes the U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications previews the U.S. Presidential Trip to Mexico
(Cyber​​) Savaş Sanatı
In start up tech news T-Mobile http://www.t-mobile.com  merges with Metro PCs http://www.metropcs.com/metro  and there is a new Sheriff in town at the FCC http://www.pcworld.com/article/2037001/obama-nominates-wheeler-as-new-fcc-chairman.html, and he is from the Venture Capital world.
 
April 15th, 2013 - May 10th, 2013
U.S. President Obama: "The Lord giveth not the Spirit of Fear.."
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."


Boston http://www.cityofboston.gov

The City of Boston, MA Bombed


President Obama gives a speech on the capture of the 2nd alleged bomber

http://www.whitehouse.gov and the FBI www.fbi.gov is taking the lead in the probe, for more info on the FBI probe click on http://news.yahoo.com/full-justice-dept-resources-probing-boston-bombs-212607084.html. However life goes on in Boston, to see a Tech Forum in Boston, MA click on http://www.livestream.com/techlearning.
In other education news The New York Times has a story Colleges Adapt Online Courses To Ease Burden http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/education/colleges-adapt-online-courses-to-ease-burden.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 that describes online learning, the book Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology (www.amazon.com in U.S. www.amazon.co.uk in the United Kingdom) calls it e-learning - this is a trend you must know about that is making big changes
in K-12 and University/College education in the U.S. and abroad.


  The Texas explosion is under investigation by ATF http://www.atf.gov. A speech commemorating the
victims of the Boston incident and on the character of the USA http://www.whitehouse.gov.
John F. Kerry as the U.S. Secretary of State http://www.state.gov/secretary is helping to implement President Obama's U.S. Foreign policy with a formal diplomatic declaration to China on cybersecurity; and China appears to be receptive to forming a working group on cybersecurity according to the Wall Street Journal. For more info click on http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324345804578424741315433114.html. Out of the tragedy of Boston may come a greater partnership between the USA and China as an innocent Chinese scholar studying in the USA was a victim http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17791805-outpouring-of-grief-for-third-boston-victim-chinese-university-student?lite of the bombing along with a fallen officer of Boston's Finest http://web.mit.edu/cp/www along with other victims; remember them in your prayers.
Also...Explosion in Texas - read further down for a picture and more details..

NFL Draft 2013 to watch it
just click on http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/4/25/4246548/nfl-draft-2013-live-stream-watch-online-thursday-round-1.

Major League Baseball 2013  http://mlb.mlb.com/home in full swing
To see how Jackie Roosevelt Robinson, a US Veteran, and a scholar from UCLA http://www.ucla.edu
made baseball truly America's game click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9RHqdZDCF0 and go see the movie 42.
 
2013 Shanghai, China Auto Show Opens
Calinda Software free webinar - great for collaboration  and to improve Sharepoint Server

2013 Society of Automotive Engineers Congress - Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Reds Wings NHL 2013 Finals under way
http://www.nhl.com

Shane Battier of NBA Champion Miami Heat used to go to Detroit Country Day in the
State of Michigan, he has won on the High School, College http://www.ncaa.com and NBA levels.  In more Detroit and Michigan news; The new international bridge between Detroit and Windsor Ontario Canada has been approved  
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/04/12/wdr-dric-presidential-permit-windsor-detroit-rick-snyder-michigan.html and the M1 Light Rail http://www.m-1rail.com  project has started construction which
will create new jobs on both sides of the bridge and help the economy of the State of Michigan, the entire United States of America, and globally.
Miami Heat NBA 2013 Finals under way
http://www.nba.com
The Chrysler video with legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy with the 300 C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azPZrHrrKZ8; the video shows actual footage of Detroit, Michigan where the Motown Museum is and Motown Records was born along with footage of New York where Motown the Broadway play is smashing sales records. more Motown info below, by the way did you know that
Sam Palmisano Chairman of IBM played sax in a band backing up the Temptations singing group from Motown records?  Read further below for info on Motown and the IBM chairman...
 

Mainframe Computer
For more info on IBM click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39jtNUGgmd4.

Mainframes computers are used for mission critical (life or death) tasks, and one can be pretty sure a mainframe computer capable of searching through hours of video, social media, and photographic data warehouses along with traditional databases ( DB/2 http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/, Oracle http://www.oracle.com/index.html, Microsoft SQL http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/default.aspx,  My SQL http://www.oracle.com/webapps/dialogue/ns/dlgwelcome.jsp?p_ext=Y&p_dlg_id=13471329&src=7865931&Act=4&sckw=WWMK13040420MPP001,
 and Hadoop http://try.treasure-data.com/big-data-warehouse-hadoop-as-a-service/?gclid=CPmm2uXK2bYCFTSVMgodbzQAGw) were being used in the hunt for the 2 suspected Boston, MA bombers in the U.S. and abroad with organizations such as Interpol. The investigative team is taking the right approach by making no assumptions because of the chance of it being what is called a a lone wolf attack as described in a security assessment by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security  http://www.dhs.gov/janet-napolitano that was villfied at the time but the has proved to be prescient. The Boston Bomber manhunt is the type of big data problem described by Virginia Rometty, for more info on Big Data problems click on http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/08/ibm-ceo-rometty-says-big-data-is-the-next-great-natural-resource.html, and http://www.mckinsey.com/insights.     For more information on mainframes and database technology check out www.ibm.com, http://www.wallstreetandtech.com, www.baselinemag.com, and http://www.securitysales.com/interstitial/global.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx.  To get a good idea of the video surveillance in Boston, MA a good DVD to watch is The Departed staring Leonardo DeCaprio, Martin Sheen, and Jack Nicholson for more info click on
http://www.amazon.com/Departed-Single-Disc-Widescreen-Leonardo-Dicaprio/dp/B000M341QE/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1366840535&sr=1-1&keywords=the+departed+on
  

 Google Android Phone https://developers.google.com/android


In other cyber warfare/ IT news employees who work for some financial firms may have to soon watch their posts on webs because of FINRA http://www.finra.org.  The CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Greg Frazier has invented a health care software application on the Microsoft Azure  http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us  cloud platform for more info click on http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130414/NEWS/304149999/business-diary click on http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578436713224083592.html.  To go
straight to Mr. Frazier's homepage click on http://www.gfcpa.com.
 

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in the hot jobs section you want to check out
jobs in cyber security www.amazon.com for cyber security along with
IT, careers, pc/smart phone/tablet software, hardware and education trends in the U.S. and
abroad. There is also a section on venture capital and start up companies such as Yandex
www.yandex.com the Russian version of Google, and Ali Baba www.alibaba.com the Chinese version of E-bay along with being a key partner of Yahoo www.yahoo.com.
 
Google's Glass, the stylish wearable computer
 


 USA Today reported in the article Photos Launch Digital Manhunt www.usatoday.com about the search and the Toledo Blade  has reported that there appears to be a match of one of the suspects on a Russian Social Media web site http://www.toledoblade.com/City-Desk/2013/04/19/Suspect-s-social-media-page-appears-to-boast-of-the-bombing.html.  Russia has long asked for cooperation on help with Cheken terrorists in Russia - see George Tenet's book At the Center of the Storm www.amazon.com; in case it turns out this is the background of the Boston bombers they may finally get it; for a primer on the Cheken region of Russia click on http://nsnetwork.org/nsn-special-update-chechnya-dagestan-kazakhstan-and-kyrgyzstan-a-primer.

Explosion in Texas

 http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Putting-the-pieces-back-together-4449306.php.  
 
 
 
Isra-el hit with cyber attacks
 
 
Google Glass shatters the technology barrier
http://www.google.com/glass/start and Yahoo www.yahoo.com
acquires Sumly http://summly.com/#.  Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer made a great move to acquire Summly and it's high school founder Nick D'Alosio because you will see more innovation coming from high school kids as they learn more about IP, and this is one of the reasons Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology (www.amazon.co.uk in the UK where Summly is based and www.amazon.com in the U.S.) was written; to help high school as well as college students better understand the importance of copyrights, trademarks, patents and other IP.

As the company predicted Facebook released the Facebook Phone
http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/04/facebook-android-announcement
To find out more about the company predictions and start up companies buy
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www.amazon.com in the U.S. www.amazon.co.uk in the United Kingdom
to subscribe to our cyber warfare list scroll below, type in your e-mail where it says follow by e-mail and click on submit.  The Now Revolution by Jay Baer and Amber Naslund www.amazon.com  is an excellent book to read on Facebook, along with other Social Media so that your start up can take advantage of social media to grow your business.  Google Ventures http://www.googleventures.com is also a great place to
check for information for a start up company.

Facebook Phone
For the company Facebook Page click on
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maximillian-Bryan-Marcell-Technologies-Internationale-LLC/140988465978339.
 
  Along with the confirmation of U.S.Secretary of  Defense Chuck Hagel, John Brennan has been approved as the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290596/John-Brennan-finally-sworn-CIA-chief-completing-Obamas-national-security-team-presidents-second-term.html sworn in by VP Joe Biden) a key position on the team to protect the U.S. as diplomacy is tried to defuse tensions with Iran.  President Obama arrived in Isra-el for negotiations.   During his trip he
met with the Prime Minister of Isra-el, visited religious sites in the Holy Land and spoke to both sides in the conflict and appealed for peace.

Air Force One with a F-16 fighter escort

Speaking of the nation still being at war an excellent article is NYSE Revamps Disaster Plan http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324582804578348630869906660.html in the Wall Street Journal.  To learn how President Obama and VP Joe Biden plan to add diversity
to the USA's energy portfolio to make the economy less vulnerable to prices swings at the gas pump and to save you money $$$$
 
GM Volt http://gm-volt.com  pulls into the hybrid lead ahead of Toyota Prius http://touch.toyota.com/priusv and Nissan Leaf http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/index.html in sales, for more info click on
 
The Adam Opel http://www.opel.com/vehicles-and-services/opel-range.html version of  the Chevy Volt called the Ampera
 
 
The Chevy Volt http://www.gm.com
For help finding where to plug up or gas up click on http://apps.usa.gov/alternative-fuel-locator.shtml for your extended range, hybrid or all electric car you can dowload this application to your smart phone.
 
The CEO of GM http://www.gm.com/company/corporate-officers has a lot on his plate.  GM's competitors include U.S. rivals Ford http://www.ford.com, Chrysler http://www.fiat.com and then there is:
 
 
Honda http://world.honda.com which has a discrete office right in downtown Detroit just
blocks from GM.   GM is lucky to have a good Chinese automotive partner in the Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation http://www.saicgroup.com/english/index.shtml as well as history on their side, the last Emperor of China drove a Buick http://www.buick.com.   This is the first part of a series on the automotive industry on this blog.  The current GM CEO is a former U.S. Navy http://www.navy.mil officer.  An excellent college level book to read about the auto industry is the Strategic Management Concept and Cases by Aurthur A. Thompson Jr. and A.J. Strickland, both from the University of Alabama; the chapter is called The World Automotive Industry.  Since the 2008 crash the auto industry has changed in the company's view forever.  Just to remember How Far We Have Traveled click on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2POembdArVo

Some GM employees leaked some info to the local press in Detroit, and it was reported after the leak that the GM CEO called it "treason", the reporting paper took it lightly in the way they wrote the article, but the paper and the employee who leaked it should remember the crash of 2008 and know the competition is not taking any prisoners. The update will include the currencies (for example the BOJ may conduct transactions with the Japanese Yen to make Japanese cars more competitive in price compared to the U.S. Dollar, for more info click on http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444657804578050272823943876.html) used in the auto industry, political aspects, the names of the leaders of the companies as well as automotive technologies (aka as telematics) such as OnStar https://www.onstar.com/web/portal/home?seo=goo_|_GM+OnStar_|_RTN-OnStar-Phrase_|_OnStar_|_onstar and the Cadillac User Experience (CUE) software http://www.cadillac.com/cadillac-cue.html.  For more info on the auto industry check out the Geneva Auto Show 2013 http://www.salon-auto.ch/en and Auto Spies http://www.autospies.com. Also the countdown has begun for the Chevrolet Grand Prix, click on http://www.detroitgp.com, to buy tickets or for more info. Chevy offers new
college graduates a chance to win a new Chevrolet,
click on https://www.chevrolet.com/college-graduates-sweepstakes.html.
 
 
Ford's Lincoln MKs http://www.ford.com comes with Microsoft's Sync
for more info click on http://www.ford.com/technology/sync


Looking for job in the State of Michigan?  Click on http://www.michigan.gov. Also in downtown Detroit, Michigan on 3/17/2013 was The Showdown in Motown http://www.allstarchallenge.com/event/43 cheer competiton at
Cobo Hall http://www.cobocenter.com/events.  Also at Cobo Hall is
Governor Snyder's State of Michigan Economic Summit, for info
click on http://www.michigan.gov/snyder/0,4668,7-277--297359--,00.html
 
IBM then and Today

Lou Gerstner, Samuel Palmisano along with the rest of the team at IBM brought IBM back from the brink back in the 1990s,
read Lou Gerstner's book on Amazon www.amazon.com to find out how.  To find out how Sam
took the CEO baton and ran with it click on http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/04/ibms-sam-palmisano-a-super-second-act, (he also had a musical connection with MoTown Records from when he played sax in a band, who knew?) and he has recently handed off the CEO baton to Virginia Rometty; to find out what IBM is up to now click on www.ibm.com.  To read about
the man who brought IBM to the brink back then, read The Road Ahead www.amazon.com, and read Gerstner's book Who Says Elephants Can't Dance www.amazon.com.  The Road Ahead predicts a company like Facebook, which Microsoft owns a part of, and Gerstner's book gives one a great view on the competitive environment in IT, then, today and into the future.....

Syria: UK and France poised to enter the Fray
 
To see how Syrian freedom fighters (or rebels) are fighting in Syria, click on
Remember; one man's freedom fighter is another man's insurgent.  In the latest news chemical weapons are alleged to have been used, the last major war where chemical weapons played a big part was World War I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I, but chemical weapons have been used in small conflicts recently. 

Russia Offers Cypress a Lifeline

Gazprom http://www.gazprom.com; a Russian gas company has offered Cypress a financial lifeline to stave off a financial crisis for more info click on http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/03/18/gazprom-offers-cyprus-restructuring-deal-to-avoid-eu-bailout.  Cypress is an Island split between the Greeks and the Turks; both Greek and Turks on the island are called Cypriots.

 In more security news, tension in Korea, for more info click on http://koreatimes.co.kr.

A map of North Korea and South Korea
South Korea hit by Hackers: for more info click on
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/20/17380277-south-korea-on-alert-after-hackers-strike-banks-broadcasters?lite

In start up company news from the perspective of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) read Startup Mania http://www.cio.com/article/727343/CIOs_See_Risks_and_Rewards_in_Startup_Mania, an editorial from CIO Magazine www.cio.com by the President and CEO of CIO magazine Michael Friedenberg. Speaking of start ups, nothing makes a VC (venture capitalist) put their checkbook back in their pocket faster than when after asking to see your books you pull out a shoebox.  So the company suggests you read More Guardian Less Angel http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/11964503 in CFO magazine to get the perspective of a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) so instead of a shoebox you or your CFO whip out nice clean financial statements using Quickbooks http://www.intuit.com, Great Plains http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/erp-gp-overview.aspx, Peachtree Accounting http://www.peachtree-support.com  or whatever accounting software package floats your boat to your prospective venture capitalist/angel investor; so they can write you a check, you can go to the bank, and use the money to generate profitable sales so that the company can meet your projected ROI (Return on Investment) in your sales projections and you, your CFO, and VC can live happily ever after.  A good blog for start up companies is the Intuit small biz blog http://blog.intuit.com/local and a good way to get plugged into the venture capital scene near you is to click on http://www.s.co for the Start Up America website. For a crash course on tech, venture capital and start up companies BUY!!!    
 

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Pope Benedict Resigns
President Obama gives the State of Union Speech and sets a cybsecurity path to safety with
CISPA legislation http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236773/Obama_executive_order_redefines_critical_infrastructure 
MQ-9 Reaper USAF

Mandiant http://www.mandiant.com/products/platform releases a groundbreaking hacking report on alleged Chinese hacking group 61398, for more info click on http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N5/wire.html. 


 For more news on cyber security click on http://nsnetwork.org/progress-and-challenges-on-cybersecurity.  When IBM (along with Netscape anybody remember the company?)set off the internet stampede with it's famous e-business ads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LkQrtCIFA4 they set the stage for President Obama's legislation on CIPSA (Cyber Information Sharing Protection Act).  In case you are an executive who thinks this legislation in not needed click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJH5MVRe2U.  There is another excellent article on cyber security from Government Executive magazine, just click on http://cdn.govexec.com/interstitial.html?rf=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.govexec.com%2Fmagazine%2Ffeatures%2F2013%2F02%2Fcarhacking%2F60957%2F%23.USPDAol3M5I.email. An excellent conference on cyber security was sponsored by RSA  http://www.rsaconference.com/events/2013/usa in March, another excellent conference sponsored by IDGA can be seen by clicking on http://www.intelligencesharingsummit.com/Event.aspx?id=661350.  For info on the coming modern transportation system (it is international) click on http://www.itsa.org. For a quick video on technology for the last century click on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39jtNUGgmd4.

In other important news President Obama gave his State of the Union Speech http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2013.  The USA has made a lot of progress, but there is still a long way to go and more tax revenue is needed to head off uneeded pain for our fellow citizens and citizen/soldiers who are coming home from hard fought wars and a politcal peace they earned with blood; speaking of which President Obama awarded Clinton Romesha; a retired U.S. Army http://www.army.mil staff sergeant the  medal of valor in the face of daunting odds, for more info click on http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/us/politics/obama-awards-medal-of-honor-to-clinton-romesha.html?_r=0. Revenue increases are also needed just in case war breaks out with Iran (Iranian General is Killed in Syria http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578302530164834200.html?mod=googlenews_wsj) , though hopefully President Obama's policies implemented by the new U.S. Secretary of  State http://www.state.gov/secretary  John Kerry will prevail with a peaceful outcome.

U.S. Secret Service Cadillac for the President of the United States of America

  In other U.S. Presidential news http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/05/president-obama-makes-statement-sequester (some food for thought, the Sequester would be a lot worse if General Petraeus had managed to drag the U.S. into a war on Syria with a plan to arm the Syrian rebels on the eve of the U.S. Presidential 2012 election; sound incredible? click on http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-leaders-said-they-favored-arming-syrian-rebels/2013/02/07/aff3e10c-715a-11e2-b5f8-9a5465abcc30_story.html?hpid=z4 and read it for yourself. General Petraeus along with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed arms shipments for the Syrian rebels; The President refused and it was once again a great judgement for these reasons: The recent bombing of Syria by Isra-el could have dragged the U.S. into war not only with Syria if the U.S. was directly arming the opposition in Syria but  with Iran as well.  Instead there are multi-lateral talks ongoing with Iran and the  Iran Deadlock appears to be broken http://nsnetwork.org/iran-deadlock-broken; the new U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry may be able to negotiate a peace with the factions in Syria  and most importantly the U.S. economy keeps getting stronger with Fortune 500 companies such as GE (General Electric) www.ge.com bringing work back home to the U.S. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324906004578288373219034986.html: Thanks to GE President Jeff Imelt for being a good corporate citizen in bringing work back to the U.S. and making a good business decision.  Speaking of another General; General Motors CFO Dan Ammann is the cover boy for CFO magazine www.cfo.com; I will cite the article covering Dan Ammann http://www3.cfo.com/article/2013/2/profiles_general-motors-cfo-daniel-ammann-finance?currpage=5, one from the Harvard Business Review and one from a college textbook in the company's upcoming economic analysis of the international auto industry.  

GM www.gm.com Pontiac Solstice

For CEOs, and CFOs scroll down to our Financial news section for important info on changing U.S.A and EU http://europa.eu/index_en.htm financial standards. In more Iran and cyber security related news Iran did manage to take control of a U.S. drone as the company cybersecurity list suspected in an earlier post and landed it.  For more more info on the incident scroll below to our world wide cyber security incident list below. 

The Tempel Mount is in Isra-el,
for more info on this religious site click on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount. 
 

  
  Sign up for free with your e-mail to get easy access to our world wide cyber security incident list by typing your e-mail above to the right where it says Follow by E-mail and click on submit. In other cyber security news Richard Clarke who wrote the book Against All Enemies www.amazon.com and was a Special Advisor to the President of the United States on Cybersecurity has written an article on cybersecurity http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-global-cyber-crisis-in-waiting/2013/02/07/812e024c-6fd6-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?hpid=z2 currently he is Chairman for Good Harbor Security Risk Management http://www.goodharbor.net/index.php. Someone's not happy with Windows 8, for more info click on
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2013/03/133_131743.html  

http://www.windsorstar.com/index.html www.cio.com a story on Syria in http://www.yachtingmagazine.com A great story on cash management for small biz and Fortune 500 companies in http://www.securitysales.com
http://www.symantec.com/index.jsp 



Kids News - Entertainment - Books

Someone who is investing in kids (and young adults) again is none other than Berry Gordy http://www.motownthemusical.com/?gclid=CPvNmoT877UCFcZFMgodUBsAdg with a musical about the Motown (aka Detroit) story on Broadway http://www.broadway.com/shows/motown in New York.  To see the humble record studio where it all began in Detroit swing by the Motown museum in Detroit www.motownmuseum.org; you can also connect to the museum on Facebook click on https://www.facebook.com/#!/MotownMuseum?fref=ts, the museum is also on Twitter www.twitter.com.  For group tours of 20 or more call 313 875-2264.  To find out who these young people are click on http://www.motownthemusical.com/news.html.  Did you know that Berry Gordy worked on the Ford www.ford.com assembly line, and was a boxer?

Music is art, if you are into art you want to check out the Re:View Art Gallery, for more info click on http://www.reviewcontemporary.com, the N'Namdi Art Gallery http://nnamdicenter.org the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) http://www.dia.org and the Charles H. Wright Museum http://thewright.org.  NBA http://www.nba.com  and NHL http://www.nhl.com  finals have started.

An excellent book for working mothers to read for inspiration is the book by Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, for more info click on http://hbr.org/2013/04/now-is-our-time/ar/1.  Looking for quick healthy meals to cook for your kids?  You want to buy...

at Amazon www.amazon.com.

Also great magazines for working mothers are Metro Parent http://www.metroparent.com and B.L.A.C. magazine http://www.blacdetroit.com/ formerly Afro American Parent, a new editor there is Mr. Emell Adolphus; Metro Parent co-publishes both magazines.

To stay abreast in education for your kids it pays to visit the website of the
U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov.  The U.S. Secretary of Education is Secretary
Arne Duncan whose mission is to keep the U.S. ahead in the global education race.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at work
Four other books you may want to check out are:
 
  1. Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill www.amazon.com
  2. Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice by Dennis Kimbro www.amazon.com
  3. Se Habla Dinero  by Lynn Jimenez www.amazon.com a book in Spanish and English on understanding money $$$$ www.amazon.com.
  4. The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother whose theme is extremism in raising your kids with high personal and academic standards is a virture, not a vice www.amazon.com by Amy Chua  

Yo Quiero Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology www.amazon.com   

Google Science Fair - https://www.googlesciencefair.com/#!/en/2013/ open to kids 13-18 yrs old from around the globe; For parents and teachers who want know the rules click on https://www.googlesciencefair.com/#!/en/2013/parents-teachers. Speaking of around the globe..

President Obama wants more science teachers for more info click on
http://translations.state.gov/st/english/article/2012/02/20120207152420enaj0.2198297.html#axzz2O0MsQD8s

An E-Reader Revolution for Africa? http://allthingsd.com/20120617/an-e-reader-revolution-for-africa an excellent article on e-readers and how they are changing education abroad, on that same subject in the United States of America - Library that Holds no Books http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324761004578286253988145208.html?mod=googlenews_wsj.  I once did an informal survey and asked students in a classroom would they prefer a regular book or an e-reader for their classwork and most prefered a e-reader; most smartphones have e-readers or the capability to download one. The major platforms for e-readers are the Kindle www.amazon.com, iPad www.apple.com, and the Nook by Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/NOOK-Book-eBook-store/379003094.  The book Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology discusses how the job duties of a librarian and teacher are changing along with the increasing trend of e-learning. 
 $30.00   www.amazon.com in U.S. or www.amazon.co.uk in the UK ₤15 pounds.
A new entrant in the educational e-book race is the Amplify e-reader.  My advice if they were to be a corporate sponsor (hint, hint) for the company blog and/or the revised version of Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology would be to focus on business education; using content from the Wall Street Journal, get a foot hold at a school and branch out from there.  To contact the company about being a corporate sponsor just send a message to the company on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Maximillian-Bryan-Marcell-Technologies-Internationale-LLC/140988465978339 or LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/2727019?trk=tyah.    
To buy Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology click on www.amazon.com; it is available on the Kindle just click to say that is how you want it on the Amazon website, the book also has a hot jobs section speaking of which: Parents, are you or your high school senior interested in having them work over the summer and earning college tutition?  A program that can help with both and help them learn career skills while earning a paycheck in Michigan is the Michigan Advanced Technician Training Program; e-mail Mat2@michigan.org  to find out more and you can call 1 (888) 522-0109.  Applications for the program are available now on http://www.mitalent.org/mat2.  The program is sponsored by Pure Michigan Talent Connect http://www.mitalent.org and the program is affiliated with Henry Ford Community College http://www.hfcc.edu  and Oakland Community College http://www.oaklandcc.edu.


The NBA http://www.nba.com season is in full swing: to see the worlds most popular game all over the world - China http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=262 Asia, Africa http://www.asia-basket.com/China/basketball.asp and Europe http://www.eurobasket.com.


Sphinx Classical Music Competition: To see young people at their best click on http://www.sphinxmusic.org.
  
   Read below for the NAIAS 2013 (Detroit)


Fiat 500 http://www.chrysler.com/en/?sid=1037056&KWNM=chrysler+home+page&KWID=141909117&channel=paidsearch
 auto show, for the Chicago 2013 auto show click on http://www.chicagoautoshow.com/default.aspx, and for the Geneva Switzerland Auto Show 2013 click on http://www.salon-auto.ch/en.

Audi TT http://www.audiusa.com/com/brand/en.html - read further below for the NAIAS (Detroit) 2013 Auto Show...

Financial News
New York - with the purchase of the New York Stock Exchange Euronext by ICE http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-ice-nyse-idUSBRE8BJ0LK20121220 is the Big Apple (New York) still relevant when it comes to finance?  The Intercontinetal Exchange https://www.theice.com/homepage.jhtml is based in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA.  In the Wall Street Journal the article Broad Trade Deal on Table http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578301662368145012.html has broad implications for CEOs and CFOs.  The US accounting systems are governed by the GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Principles) http://www.fasb.org/home and Europe is governed by the IFRS (International Accounting Standards Board) http://www.ifrs.org/Pages/default.aspx.  For an excellent article Mr. CEO or CFO on education on this issue click on http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/11957302/c_4314618/?f=archives.

Speaking of CEOs, the CEO of Compuware has retained Goldman Sachs to fight a takeover of the IT kingdom founded by City of Detroit tycoon Peter Karmanos.

Gillian Tett of the Financial Times http://www.ft.com/home/uk writes about breaking the silence and danger of cyber warfare in the article Time to Break the Wall of Silence on Escalating Cyber Attacks https://www.fidelity.co.uk/investor/news-insights/expert-opinions/details.page?whereParameter=gillian-tett/escalating-cyber-attacks in the 1/25/2013 edition of the FT. Speaking of finance and cyber attacks the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank according to media reports has been hacked, check out our world wide cyber warfare incident list below.

G20 http://www.g20.org meets in Russia http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/rs   for more info click on http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/15/3236117/us-futures-down-as-g20-meet-in.html.

Venture Capital News

 Reid Hoffman the venture capitalist (Greylock Partners) who invested in LinkedIn www.linkedin.com drops pearls of wisdom on the importance of networking http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130130215042-1213-connect-to-human-networks-to-find-breakout-opportunities?trk=mp-details-rr-rmpost.  In other vc news the article Helping Start Ups with Local Support and National Networks http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/helping-start-ups-with-local-support-and-national-networks  by Sarah Max of the New York Times is an excellent article to check out, for info on Michigan's start up community click on https://twitter.com/StartupMI.

For cyber security info besides subscribing to our blog by putting in your e-mail below to the right, you may also want to check out Microsoft's Security blog and Newsletter http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2012/12/13/using-the-past-to-predict-the-future-top-5-threat-predictions-for-2013.aspx and for enterprise security few are better than IBM www.ibm.com and a new expert I have recently found is Mr. Brian Krebs, his blog can be found at http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/02/flaw-flood-busts-bug-bank. Speaking of Tech news, some excellent tech/start up company tech news about Detroit, Michigan can be read by clicking on http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130204/OPINION01/302040304#ixzz2JvqGzM4B this news is by the current WSU (Wayne State University www.wayne.edu) President and former CFO of  Ford www.ford.com President Gilmour along with the Presidents of the University of Michigan http://www.umich.edu  (modeled on the French university Ecole Polytechnique http://www.polytechnique.edu) and Michigan State University http://www.msu.edu. The links between cyber security, hackers, and start up companies/venture capital are the following; Uber hacker Jack Dorsey of Twitter www.twitter.com fame got one his first jobs when he pointed out a security hole to a CEO and many others similar stories with one of the top executives of Facebook www.facebook.com now with Spotify showing up on the FBI;s www.fbi.gov radar screen before he decided to use his powers for good and not evil.  For more cybersecurity tips/news Google www.google.com weighs in on http://www.youtube.com/user/googleprivacy.

For tips on technology and venture capital buy...

Training Today's Youth for Tomorow's Technology
www.amazon.com in the U.S. $30.00  www.amazon.co.uk ₤15 pounds in the UK or Europe.  Two other excellent books on venture capital/start up companies are Venture Capital and the Changing World of Entrepreneurship www.amazon.com at $122.54 by John E. Butler, Andy Lockett along with Deniz Ucbasaran and Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation at $39.99 by Andrew Metrick (Yale http://www.yale.edu)   and Ayako Ysuda (UC Davis http://gsm.ucdavis.edu). The first book has a chapter on the Japanese venture capital industry and has a chapter on the  entrepreneur and the venture capitalist as a team so you can have an idea of what to expect once you get that first round of funding.  The second book has a chapter on the history of venture capital, listing General Doriot a former U.S. Army Quartermaster as creating the first venture capital firm; American Research and Development Corporation.     
 
January 16th - 28th, 2013 Update.

The U.S. Presidential Swearing in Ceremony 1/20/2013
for President Obama and Vice President Biden.  A Wayne State University student, Victor Chukwueke http://thesouthend.wayne.edu (see the 1/16-22/2013 issue) is honored by President Obama, and a Detroit Public Schools marching band participates in the U.S. Presidential swearing in ceremony festivities; a previous DPS band from Martin Luther Jr. High School also participated in the 2008 Beijing, China Olympics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/martin-luther-king-jr-high-band-olympics-london_n_1437358.html.


 Washington D.C. Capital Dome

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton testifies on Capital Hill on Libya and former Senator Chuck (Which way would you run http://www.marines.com/home?WT.mc_id=TLNKNAT2010051301) Hagel prepares for his confirmation hearings as a candidate for the U.S. Secretary of Defense; Mr. Hagel volunteered for military service during the Vietnam War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War and when he was given the cozy posting of Europe he asked to be sent to Vietnam.  His dedication should be given consideration when you listen to critics  of President Obama's pick to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense; in the company's opinion the current Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was a great pick helping the President lead the team that found Osama Bin Ladin so the President's judgement on this pick should be respected and Mr. Hagel confirmed.   To see a unofficial version of the Which Way would you Run Video click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5fgJVxbQQE  the official version is apparently no longer on YouTube http://www.youtube.com.

U.S. Secret Service Cadillac for the President of the United States of America

President Obama's plan for saving the auto industry worked, he now lays out his plan to end the war started by 9/11 in Afghanistan, to see the video click on
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/01/11/president-obama-and-president-karzai-hold-press-conference.  President Obama's economic policies are working as well, for more info click on http://www.bls.gov/sae.  To show the importance of saving the U.S. auto industry the 2013 Cadillac ATS has won the North American Car of the Year Award http://www.northamericancaroftheyear.org.

2013 Cadillac ATS  www.gm.com coming soon a competitive analysis of the international auto industry as well as an update on the North American International Auto Show http://www.naias.com   

Happy New Year and Happy MLK Jr. Day see the tribute to Dr. King with Harold Ford Jr. read below just after the black corvette...

NewsFlash! The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS)..for more info click below
Corvette Stingray

Some auto executives who focus on new technologies are: Mr. John Hater Investment Manager for GM www.gm.com Ventures (a venture capital arm of GM) http://www.gmventures.com, Mr. Kyle Walworth the Senior Manager for Cockpit electronics (yes cars are becoming more like airplanes hence the term cockpit and one reason why Ford http://www.ford.com  chose Allan Mullaly of Boeing http://www.boeing.com  as CEO for Ford) for Visteon http://www.visteon.com/index.html. Other executives who work with and for the auto industry are Christopher T. Stallman of Fontinalis Partners http://fontinalis.com  a venture capital firm, Ralph Mueller Director Eclipse Ecosystems-Europe for the Eclipse Foundation Inc. http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation for software from the Eclipse Foundation open source community click on http://www.eclipse.org/. Finally another executive is Mr. Massimo Baldini the President of Livio http://www.livioradio.com, Livio is a blue tooth radio product for your car and home.  Speaking of the auto industry:
Corvette
 Also U.S. Secretary of Transportation http://www.dot.gov  Ray LaHood announces Michigan Light Rail Project funding and creation of a Michigan Transportation Authority http://fastlane.dot.gov  in Detroit, Michigan.
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Pepsi and other sponsors sponsor the MLK Jr. celebration at the Max Music Center in Detroit, Michigan featuring Harold Ford Jr., read more below.  Also in progress is the NAIAS auto show at Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit, Michigan http://www.detroitmi.gov.
 Cobo Hall click on  http://www.cobocenter.com for more info and to book conventions

Thanks to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services http://www.mbfs.com and Pepsi http://halftime.pepsi.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=pepsi&utm_campaign=2013pepsisuperbowldesktop_2013pepsi  along with other sponsors for sponsoring the Martin Luther King Jr. tribute featuring former U.S. Representative
Harold Ford Jr., now a NBC http://www.nbcnews.com news analyst at the Max M. Fisher Music Center http://dso.org/Default.aspx on January 22nd, 2013. Speaking of financial services the Wall Street project http://www.wallstreetproject2013.org shows how to refom Wall Street to prevent another crash; featured speakers include Bill Clinton, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and the Reverend Jesse Jackson of operation PUSH http://www.rainbowpush.org.  In other financial news Paris Digs in over top-rate tax plan, Barclays Top Brass face fresh Libor Heat; all in the 1/25/2013 issue of the Financial Times www.ft.com.    In Troy, Michigan national security expert Dr. Korb will give a lecture on National Security
and Foreign Policy on a Budget. The event will be at the Troy Mariott at 200 W. Big Beaver on January 24th, 2013. For more info click on http://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/korb-lawrence-j/bio.
F-117 Stealth Fighter jet USAF 

Russian Cyber Warfare Wizards discover info you might want to know..
to find out click on http://rt.com/news/red-october-cyber-attack-network-000, and the US Secretary of Defense confirms the threat predicted in the book Training Today's Youth for Tomorow's Technology (available on www.amazon.com in U.S. www.amazon.co.uk in the UK) of a cyber Pearl Harbor http://rt.com/usa/news/cyber-pearl-harbor-us-238.  For recent cyber attacks on U.S. banks and possible suspects check out http://rt.com/usa/news/us-cyber-iran-banks-731.  Training Today's Youth for Tomorow's Technology was written to help high school and college kids prepare for careers in technology and learn the basics of venture capital/angel investor finance so they can be the next Mark Zuckerberg www.facebook.com or Larry Page www.google.com; speaking of the Zuck check out http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/01/15/facebooks-big-announcement-graph-search; watch out Google.

for Kid news in technology click on http://admin20.org/page/summit, and for info on how education is changing for todays kids and young adults click on http://www.businessinsider.com/the-pitch-for-the-minerva-project-2013-1?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=War%20Room%20Select&utm_campaign=War%20Room%20Select%202013-01-15&utm_content=emailshare.  For info on how tech trends are changing education in the U.S., China and around the world buy Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology www.amazon.com.   Also in kids news Mr. Moret who hails from the State of Conneticut http://www.ct.gov has decided to set down roots in the City of Detroit http://www.detroitmi.gov Michigan http://www.michigan.gov; and if you are a high school or college (also returning veterans) kid in the City of Detroit, the State of Michigan, in the US or abroad you may want to contact Mr. Charlie Moret at Tech Town http://techtowndetroit.org because he is the head of a program that will help start up companies.  It is a very structured program, they will coach you on sales, finding key partners, and establishing customer relationships.  When we spoke after his presentation at Tech Town I told him that  based on the company's research in the book Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology  that a lot of future innovation for start ups will come from kids in high school.  He agreed and stated high schools kids are welcome to apply to the program.  So if you are up to it, and of course talk to your parents, once again the website is http://techtowndetroit.org.  Also parents in case you want more info on venture capital and start ups before giving your child the ok, with parental supervision of course, you might want to read Venture Capital and the Changing World of Entrepreneurship www.amazon.com by John E. Butler.  It has an interesting article by Mr. Winston T. H. Koh titled The Role of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship in Innovation-Driven Economic Growth that covers how it works in the U.S. as well as countries such as Belgium and Singapore which also has one of the top rated education systems in the world.  The FT www.ft.com agrees with the premise put foward in Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology that today's business leaders need to invest more in young people in the article Investing in Young People www.ft.com 1/25/2013.

Go to MB and MTI's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Maximillian-Bryan-Marcell-Technologies-Internationale-LLC/140988465978339 and click on like! for cyber security and start up tips along with other posts..


More kids news, info on Green technology,
GM www.gm.com Chevy Volt in a Wind Tunnel
plenty of green/clean tech at http://www.naias.com and more in the next update on Ted Gatzaros of Detroit's Greektown, may he rest in peace and Dan Gilbert of Bizdom http://bizdom.com and DVP http://detroitventurepartners.com makes a big investment in Detroit. Also in Detroit new solar panels financed by GE Capital https://www.gogecapital.com/en/contact-us/consumer.html can by seen near midtown on the corner of Second and Brainard; the solar panels were built by Srinergy www.srinergy.com.  Both Bizdom and DVP with help from Josh Linkner the President of DVP helps start up companies including one start up company that located from Philadelphia to Detroit.  So until the next blog update coming soon.  For the top 10 and counting world wide cyber warfare list scroll down past the lady with the binoculars  ........




A reminder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJH5MVRe2U of why cyber security is important, also click on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maximillian-Bryan-Marcell-Technologies-Internationale-LLC/140988465978339, click like and look for a cyber security tip on securing Drupal http://drupal.org, Joomla http://www.joomla.org  and WordPress http://wordpress.org  software on your websites...
December 15th -17th 2012 update:
Tragedy in Connecticut - Taking time for what is important

NFL http://www.nfl.com,  and NCAA http://www.ncaa.org it all started on the playground....
Tragedy in Connecticut http://www.ct.gov, a nation mourns and President Obama gave an eloquent speech http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/14/president-obama-speaks-shooting-connecticut in the Presidential Weekly Address, along with another speech he gave in Newton, CT click on http://www.greenwichtime.com/newtownshooting/article/The-president-comes-to-comfort-Newtown-4122455.php to see the video.   For more info click on http://www.greenwichtime.com.  The State of Connecticut has been hit with Hurricane Sandy, this shooting incident, the nation is winding down a 10 year plus war and the holiday season is upon us. This is a time of national mourning, a time of reflection on our country's past, where we are as a country now and where we want to go. Due to the Connecticut tragedy the blog will feature positive things today and in future blogs that young people in school and the community are doing, for example today there was  a Fall 2012 Recital at 9:30 AM at the Wayne State University http://wayne.edu  Weekend School of Music, which is in it's 35th season for elementary and middle school kids. As the nation reflects on the tragedy in Connecticut young people have been  and are doing great things every day in our schools, in our communities, and just showing up every day doing ordinary things they are expected to do at home; however these things are often unappreciated until a tragedy such as the one in Connecticut strikes and good things kids do is not often considered news, or what passes for news these days.  So the blog will try to cover more positive kid news, news that may be boring to some, but that is important. 

Speaking of playgrounds and schools the Association for Information Systems www.aisnet.org has 2 upcoming conferences in December 2012; one in Florida http://start.aisnet.org/Login.aspx and one in Tapei, Taiwan (also known as Formosa) http://atisr.org/conference; The AIS is a professional association for information systems academic professionals.  


The Art of (Cyber) War
December 14th, 2012 update:
Social Networking Software, Cloud Computing and Security - To have a little fun a nice tune from Kid Rock, sponsored by Pepsi from http://www.pepsianthems.com, the NFL www.nfl.com  and the Deetroit Lions http://www.pepsianthems.com/artists/kid-rock.  A former Start of Company of the Month on Maximillian Bryan and Marcell Technologies Internationale's old website Calinda Software http://www.calindasoftware.com/SitePages/Home.aspx?Page=Home&Langue=EN-us is a finalist for the European Sharepoint Conference for the Best Mobile Solution http://www.sharepointeurope.com/content/mobile-solution-esp-community-awards-2013. Go to http://www.sharepointeurope.com/content/mobile-solution-esp-community-awards-2013 to vote for Calinda Software, Mr. Alex Mermod of France is the CEO of Calinda Software a start up company.
Social Networking software such as Facebook www.facebook.com, LinkedIn www.linkedin.com, and Google + www.google.com which combines Google's search capabilities  with social networking features (Microsoft www.microsoft.com is working on a similar project so watch out Facebook) are great tools.  However, one must be careful with what one posts online because once it is there it is there and that information can be used in ways you did not intend in regards to your work life and your personal life.  The answer is training for your employees on security issues with posting online.  As much as possible it helps a company to try to create a marketing "brand" for work related posting (for individuals you want to have a "career brand" and be careful of mixing it with the personal) and knowing the security features available on the different social networking platforms along with how to use those features.  One excellent document that covers this issue is the: Busy Reader Guide Managing the Risks from Online Social Networking produced by the National Technnical Authority for Information Assurance. Dividend Spring 2012 has an article titled Turning Social Networks into Social Dollars that tells you how to do just that. On a lighter note....
 American Grown
It has been said that an army travels on it's stomach, and the first step in a sound education for your kids before they go to school is a good breakfast so I encourage you to buy American Grown by First Lady Michelle Obama which is an excellent cookbook.  As President Obama negotiates a fair contribution from the blessed among us in the good old USA to pay down the national debt from unfunded wars, and unfunded tax cuts that eliminated the surplus from the Clinton Administration the following should be remembered: Social Security insurance has been and is funded by payroll tax deductions from each workers paycheck each pay day while the wars and tax cuts were not. Wars are usually financed by tax increases, the sale of bonds (wars bonds were sold to the public in World War II to help finance the war).  So when pushback comes on negotiating the financial cliff the fact that it is patriotic for the blessed among us to pay their fair share for the war and tax cuts while the middle class continues to recover as the economy gets stronger thanks to President Obama's and Vice President Biden's economic policies should be stated. For more info on those policies click on http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/12/president-obama-talks-middle-class-tax-cuts-mayors-and-their-constituents to find out how President Obama is responding to the needs of U.S. citizens and to catch VP Biden and Professor Jill Biden enjoying America's Game the Army http://www.army.mil  vs Navy http://www.navy.mil  football game click on http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/11/vice-president-biden-takes-americas-game. Now to learn about venture capital, technology along with start up company basics Buy!...  
Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology
it can be ordered on the Kindle e-reader, just click that you want it that way, and it will be available on Nook e-reader soon. For UK orders click on www.amazon.co.uk.  Also check out the top Cyber Warfare incidents worldwide, and the Cloud Computing list below just past the lady with the bi-noculars...


North Korean tests new weapon
A map of the missle launch pad area, for more technical info click on http://nsnetwork.org/behind-north-korea%e2%80%99s-missile-launch/

North Korea has tested a new missle http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn  right before an important meeting with Japan, when one sees how close North Korea (there is a North and South Korea, the boundaries were established after the Korean War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War) is to Japan, one can understand the reaction of Japan http://www.detroit.us.emb-japan.go.jp.  President Obama completed an inspring trip to the State of Michigan and talks about "The Idea that Built America http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/10/president-obama-talks-about-idea-built-america"


Air Force One in flight with an F-16 http://www.af.mil  fighter escort


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Start up company groups across the United States of America http://www.s.co, for start ups looking for funding in Windsor, Ontario Canada, along with Essex County in Canada click on  http://www.wetech-alliance.com

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December 11th, 2012 update:




MQ-9 Reaper USAF

President Obama wins re-election in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections, Iranian Cyber Attack on IAEA (Or so it appears http://rt.com/news/israel-leaked-graph-iran-773) , and Why Ambassador Rice is the best choice for the U.S. Secretary of State if Secretary Clinton steps down....   Newsflash: Mayor David Bing recall petition language approved http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/12/04/detroit-mayor-dave-bing-target-of-recall-petition  and President Obama visits Detroit (http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/taxes/tax-cuts#story-form) to give advice to business leaders.  Speaking of leaders hi-tech leader Larry Page the CEO of Google gives an interview http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/12/11/larry-page.  In more , Michigan news, in Lansing, Michigan the GOP passed right to work with thousands coming to the capital to protest the legislation http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/11/15842456-michigan-passes-anti-union-right-to-work-measure-over-protests-of-thousands?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=1.
As it begins (The U.S. War agaist Al-Qaeda), so it ends.... here are the reasons that the US www.whitehouse.gov  United Nations http://www.un.org/en  Ambassador Susan Rice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Rice is the best choice from a national security standpoint for the US Secretary of State http://www.state.gov if indeed Secretary Clinton steps down. 
  1. Ambassador Rice served on the National Security Council and as a Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the Clinton Administration. 
  2. The above may seem unimportant to people who do not know, but remember that one of Osama Bin Ladin's biggest strike against the US before 9-11 was in the African Embassy bombings http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/embassy_bombing  in Kenya and Tanzania.
  3. As the war winds down in Afghanistan (Taliban to Meet with Northern Foes http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324001104578163590509546514.html)  Al-Qaeda has fled to Africa (Terror Fights Shifts to Africa http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323316804578163724113421726.html)  to try to set up new bases of operations and Ambassador Rice has the needed diplomatic skills to work hand in hand with U.S. Africa Command http://www.africom.mil  to prevent this from happening.  For info on Al Qaeda activity in Africa click on http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323316804578163724113421726.html.   To see President Obama's defense of UN Ambassador Rice click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7gVuw8n00c.  To add emphasis on the importance of Africa, Rwanda has recently won a seat as a UN Security Council Council member http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43320 along with other nations. 
The U.S. Secret Service http://www.secretservice.gov Cadillac www.gm.com for the President of the United States of America

As the nation now knows, diplomacy on the behalf of the U.S. can be dangerous work due to the tragedy of Ambassador Stephens (may he rest in peace and his family be comforted).   Diplomacy for the US can also be challenging and rewarding work.  In case you are up to the task and have the experience there are 19 career tracks in seven categories with the U.S. Department of State and those career tracks are: Administration, Construction Engineering, Information Technology (IT), International Information and English Language programs, Medical and Health, Office Management and Security.   For more info on a career at the the U.S. Department of State click on http://careers.state.gov.  Click on http://www.govexec.com  and look for the article Tracking Diplomats in the December 2012 issue of Government Executive to learn how the U.S. State Department is improving security for diplomats through IT.

One thing the U.S. truly lacked with the Iraq invasion lead by President George W. Bush in 2003 on Iraq was moral authority becasue the diplomatic track was not fully pursued, for evidence read Colin Powell's Soldier, Richard Clarke's Against All Enemies, and George Tenet's At the Center of the Storm all on Amazon www.amazon.com.  In case you are a business that would like to help the U.S. with diplomacy click on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Business-for-Diplomatic-Action/143826947828; the U.S. is still recovering image wise from the 2003 Iraq war.  In contrast, President Obama has carefully built a case against Iran while using diplomacy and the recent alleged attack on the IAEA http://www.iaea.org  by Iran http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/05/did-iran-s-cyber-army-hack-into-the-iaea-s-computers.html makes Iran look guilty if diplomacy fails.  This leads to our cyber warfare world wide incident list see below






Top 10 and Counting Cyberwarfare list world wide
Newsflash: UK Hackers Handcuffed, for more info click on
http://start.toshiba.com/news/read.php?id=19456726&ps=1014&srce=morenews_class&action=2&lang=en

News Flash: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com article Iran Shows Video It Says was Made by U.S. Drone http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/world/middleeast/iran-tv-shows-video-it-says-came-from-us-drone.html?_r=0 confirming our theory that Iran took control of a U.S. drone when it captured a drone earlier in our top rated incident below back in October 7th, 2011 which may be related to a software virus http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/virus-hits-drone-fleet found in the drone fleet; Thanks to Lance of Black Hat and Info Sec for info on the virus.

Other recent threats in our view are the hacking of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/us-federal-reserve-computer-system-hacked-20130208-2e2ew.html, and a smart phone game for Android is a virus in disguise so check out apps

Android Phone

before you download them http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/products/story/2012-01-15/pegoraro-tech-tips-android-apps-security/52536228/1; for the Android exploit click on http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/253248/scitech/technology/new-trojan-malware-disguises-itself-as-an-android-game-app.   Recent threats to make our list we credit to an article from CFO magazine www.cfo.com titled Into the Data Breach in the October 2012 issue. Those breaches are Zappos 24 million records, University of North Carolina 350,000 records, Mastercard 1.5 million credit cards, for more info click on www.cfo.com and do a search for the article. Finally for the top cyber security incidents worldwide, look below; the FBI, the top cyber cop in the U.S. made a major bust, for more info check out the article Hackers Arrested as One Turns Witness in the Dallas Morning News http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/0gTUctz7QSabZ?q=cyber+monday. Also the hacker incident in England with Rupert Murdoch's media empire seems to be coming to the U.S.; the event alleges that reporters with Murdoch's empire hacked into phones and that Scotland Yard http://content.met.police.uk/Home and other law enforcement officers in England knew about it and were pressured or rewarded to look the other way. Did you know that a major character in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy-fmWJ7oUk may have been based on Mr. Murdoch? The UK has drawn a line in the sand on hacking, see article in USA Today on Britain Unveils Web Surveillance plan www.usatoday.com June 15th, 2012. Also the UK has written a document on Global Cyber-Security Capacity Building for the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace.  

U.S. Navy Stealth Ship similar in appearance to the
Stealth Ship of the villian in the James Bond 007 movie, Tomorrow Never Dies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy-fmWJ7oUk. To see the clip of the latest 007 movie Skyfall click on http://www.skyfall-movie.com/site.
For info on the Apple cyber warfare incident; the best sources in our research are a story from the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17623422 and the online article http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2012/04/05/os-x-drive-by-malware/1 from Custom PC one of my favorite hi-tech magazines.
1. US Drone Key Logger Virus - http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/virus-hits-drone-fleet. I now consider this cyber warfare incident the top incident because the implications of this incident with the recent story on page 1 of the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/ with a picture of the alleged U.S. Drone by Iranian military forces. My theory and Lance http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lance-miller/3/b38/5b6 a friend with the group Black Hat and Infosec agrees; this incident may be related to that story. For video on this incident click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MrVihH3r3g. My theory is the key logger virus exploit information may have been sold to Iran. Then using an electro magnetic pulse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-magnetic_pulse or other cyber warfare electronic counter measures against the downed Drone, Iran took control of the alleged U.S. Drone (if it is a U.S. Drone) and landed it because in the picture on the front page of the The New York Times the UAV appears to be intact. This has serious implications in command and control of these UAVs and the possiblity they could be disabled, and worse turned against whoever controlls the drone(s) during this this flight and future flights. The first thing I would do if I was an IT person on the drone program with the U.S., NATO, or whoever the drone belongs is to do a security assessment of any incidents of drones not flying according to their flight plan before this latest drone incident, with a time line of when the US Drone Key Logger Virus was discovered. The second thing I would do in the IT security audit is to investigate and record suspicious LAN/WAN activity on Windows, UNIX, Linux, Oracle Sparc servers, or mainframe servers at the Drone bases, along with doing an inventory of all Drone control equipment that is in use, being repaired, or that is missing, destroyed and talk to the military personnel and defense contractors in charge of destroying damaged equipment and also making sure any possible thefts of Drone equipment have been reported. The last thing would be to account for the possiblity that any planned UAV missions may be compromised and ASAP have built into any future UAV flights equipment, and software that will by default have the UAVs self destruct automatically if the remote pilots lose control of the UAVs for longer than 30-45 minutes unless a bio-metric image of say a finger print or eye scan built into the keypad/joystick is pressed (or for eyes scanned) by the pilot and sent to the UAV in flight if a similar security procedure is not already in place.

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Cyber Threat Levels

Tier 5 - Entry level threat.

Tier 4 - Script kiddies

Tier 3 - Denial of Service (connection to internet or major outage)

Tier 2 - Skilled attackers, organized crime, terrorists, and/or state actors

Tier 1 - A zero day threat where vulnerabilities are found in software, custom code is written to create a threat, and/or the threat is undetected and is collecting data and/or waiting to cause damage when signaled or on a certain day. Wayne State University had an excellent seminar on cyber warfare in 2011. There will be a recap of the event from my notes in an upcoming blog.

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2. NASDAQ attack – a few months ago there were media reports on a cyber attack on the NASDAQ http://www.nasdaq.com, this is critical infrastructure for the U.S. and world financial markets as NASDAQ is where some key hi-tech companies such as Microsoft and Facebook a key Microsoft partner) http://www.microsoft.com are listed on the stock market http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/02/did-nasdaq-hackers-grab-holy-grail-of-insider-information/1















3. Stuxnext Iran Attack – In 2010 a computer worm/virus named Stuxnext attacked a nuclear plant in Iran, the political leadership admitted the attack had slowed down progress at the facility. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8262853/Stuxnet-virus-attack-Russia-warns-of-Iranian-Chernobyl.html. Iran is a major supplier of oil to China and this has implications in regard to the UN Security Council as China is a permanent member. There have been media reports that the original Stuxnext virus hackers or someone with access to the Stuxnext code have made a new update to the virus, apparently called Flame. Let me introduce you to best expert I know on the Stuxnext virus; he works for Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com and his blog is http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2011/03/30/3416253.aspx I call him Stuxnext Man, for his real name go to his blog and tell me what you think. Recently it has been alleged that Stuxnext and the new virus called Flame were created by the U.S., I say alleged because there has not been an official confirmation of this allegation by an official of the United States. According to the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/defense-officials-worry-about-irans-efforts-to-build-train-militia-to-fight-rebels-in-syria/2012/08/14/da761bb2-e671-11e1-9739-eef99c5fb285_story.html the U.S. Secretary of Defense stated that Iran is helping Syria in it's battle with the Free Syrian Army http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/18/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html, and a Chinese telecom firm Huawei http://www.huawei.com/en is helping Iran and Syria with secure telecom and internet access in the battle for Syria.


For info on basic IT best practices click on http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Ensuring-ITs-Survival-301220  
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4. Google China network attack – The Wide Area Network of Google http://www.google.com in mainland China was hacked and Google reported the incident to the U.S. government after checking with other U.S. companies based in China and finding they had been attacked also. This was a key moment in cyber warfare as President Obama formulated a more sophisticated cyber warfare doctrine for the U.S. Armed Forces as a result of this attack, and Google actually relocated to Hong Kong, China from mainland China as a result of the attack. This has lead to a greater coordination between the U.S. armed forces and private companies in protecting key critical infrastructure of the U.S. civillian economy. The Google attack and move from mainland China led to Baidu http://www.baidu.com the Chinese version of Google becoming the top search engine in mainland China instead of Google. http://voices.allthingsd.com/20100222/hacking-inquiry-puts-china%e2%80%99s-elite-in-new-light/?mod=ATD_rss. China has long had a very sophisticated IT approach, which led to them building the Great Firewall of China to defend against an asymmetric network attack in China, to prevent attacks such as the attack against Google. A good way to shore up your your defenses are to follow some of the tips in the article http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Ensuring-ITs-Survival-301220 in Baseline http://www.baselinemag.com an online and print technology magazine for CIOs based in New York, New York. China has also been a victim of cyber attacks see below....


5. Baidu Iranian Cyber Army Attack – The Chinese search engine Baidu has been attacked by a group called the Iranian Cyber Army. China was allegedly attacked by a group called the Iranian Cyber Army which attacked Baidu http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zhCN&u=http://www.baidu.com/&ei=TeBgT5D1AcuMsAK1o6iWCA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbaidu%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1182%26bih%3D851%26prmd%3Dimvns, China’s most popular search engine http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/13/baidu-cyber-attack-markets-technology-china.html. The Iranian Cyber Army is apparently real, and according to media reports http://gcn.com/articles/2012/04/26/iran-dangerous-cyber-threat-house-hearing.aspx?s=gcndaily_270412 the top cyber threat to the U.S.. Also see the article Tearing Down Iran's Electronic Curtain in the Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=Tearing%20Down%20Iran%27s%20Electronic%20Curtain&mod=DNH_S an editorial by Toby Deshowitz and Mark Dubowitz.




This leads to what makes cyber attacks so effective, because attacks can be routed through the computers of businesses, governments, and individuals who may be unaware that the attacks are being launched from their PC networks, governments who are attacked have to do computer forensics analysis before their response or they may strike the wrong target, which may the true attacker’s intent. At this point with the hand of Iran being shown in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon, it is pretty good guess that Iran is the culprit. Hopefully war does not come, but in case it does the Adam Opel Ampera http://www.opel.com/flash.htm l and it's sister car the Chevy Volt http://www.chevrolet.com/volt can go all electric, all gas, or go electric and when the charge runs out - switch to gas - what you need when you need it at a nice price and this ground breaking technology is the reason that it won the European Car of the Year and once again validates President Obama's decision to save the U.S. auto industry, besides savings the jobs of GM, Chrysler and automotives supplier workers, this ground breaking technology would never have seen the light of day if GM had not been saved.







6. Estonia Denial of Service Attack – The President of Estonia in 2007 at the time of the attack, Toomas Hendrik Ilves gives an interview in Government Executive http://www.govexec.com of how he coped with the first major cyberwarfare battle, to read this tale click on

http://www.govexec.com/magazine/features/2011/08/leading-the-way/34657. This attack is crucial in the understanding of cyber warfare. Estonia was former part of the USSR/Soviet Union, now Russia http://moscow.usembassy.gov that got into a dispute over the price they would pay Russia over natural gas shipped to Europe, and the pipelines that Russia paid for were on Estonia’s soil. To make a long story short, while the payment dispute over natural gas shipped over the pipelines was in progress, Estonia suffered Denial of Service attacks that shut down vital government services and dropped Estonia to it’s knees http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9721429-1.html. This was a key cyber battle because it made Europe aware of it’s vulnerability when states like Estonia go rogue from Russia, and make Europe's natural gas supplies vulnerable. A pipeline attack on the U.S. has been attempted, for more info click on










http://gcn.com/articles/2012/05/08/gas-pipeline-spear-phishing-attacks-us-cert-alert.aspx?s=gcndaily_090512 In light of Isra-el's threat to attack Iran it should be noted in 2007 that Isra-el used a cyber weapon to cripple Syrian air defenses near the building where work on atomic energy/weapons was suspected; more info on this exploit can be found in the August 15th, 2011 issue of Government Executive magazine. More recently Isra-el is using it's Iron Dome weapon to defend itself from incoming rockets, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfM6tN9Ezcln67wWA5TMfmEwlR3g?docId=CNG.a10b00714e55c8b9c45182ffe1d2a574.91 this could turn into a wider conflict. Once again some are beating the war drums, this time for a U.S. led war in Syria, this may be a back door attempt to drag the U.S. into a war with Iran, but things are more complicated with Russia supporting Syria in the current civil war, a recent reported Shanghai Alliance http://en.ria.ru/world/20110514/164023393.html between Russian and China along with other countries according to media reports, and if war does breaks out and Russia is involved the U.S. needs to know about UAV drones made in Isra-el that Isra-el is reported to have sold to Russia according to Russian media reports for defensive countermeasures. A proxy war between Russia and the U.S. would be a setback to a peaceful solution to the Iran atomic energy issue. Russia has suggested bringing Iran to the table in the Syrian conflict and maybe this could be a way resolve the Iranian atomic weapons/civillian energy issue. A war with NATO and Syria could drag in Iraq, Iran and Egypt with Egypt being a wild card because for the first time since President Anwar Sadat of Egypt was assasinated Egypt's peace agreement with Isra-el would be in doubt. Former U.S. President James Earl Carter, Menachen Begin and Anwar Sadat won the Nobel Peace Prize http://www.nobelprize.org for the Camp David Accords, and some believe that President Anwar Sadat paid for this agreement that President Hosni Mubarak kept in place since 1979 with his life. For more info on the Camp David Accords click on http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov documents/campdavid/accords.phtml. It is believed the group that assasinated President Sadat was linked to the Islamic Brotherhood, and Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has been elected President of Egypt. The Islamic Brotherhood is also the group that Ayman Al Zawari of Al-Quaeda belonged to before joining with Osama Bin Ladin though lately they have pledged to commit to the political process instead of violence in Egypt. The economic key as always in Egypt since it was built is the Suez Canal http://www.suezcanal.gov.eg for a history of the Suez Canal click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal. For anyone who is in a position to effect policy or may deploy to the Gulf if war breaks out with regard to the events in Syria, Egypt or Iran the book China Goes to Sea Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective is must reading. The book gives a historical comparison of the developments of deep water navies over time including ancient Iran/Persia, Ancient and modern China, Russia, Imperial Russia and Germany. The book was written by Mr. Lyle J. Goldstein as a joint publication of the China Maritime Studies Institute http://www.usnwc.edu/Research---Gaming/China-Maritime-Studies-Institute.aspx and the Naval Press Institute http://www.usni.org. Any NATO http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/index.htm conflict with Iran, and or Syria will be a naval battle as well as a land and air battle. Russia is sending warships to Syria http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/world/middleeast/russia-sends-warships-on-maneuvers-near-syria.html?_r=1&ref=syria. The Kofi Annan (the former UN Secretary General) peace plan has been suspended; a new negotiator from Algeria will try his hand at peace for Syria according to media reports, for more info click on http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=146&Body=Syria&Body1=. Russia has joined the WTO, the World Trade Organization; Russia is the biggest member to join since China, for more info click on http://www.wto.org.



 


























F-4 Phantom the type of Turkish jet shot down by
Syria recently. Made in the U.S. by McDonnel Douglass now part of
Boeing http://boeing.com/stories/?cm_mmc=PaidSearch-Google-_-INNOVATION-_-Boeing+Branded-_-Boeing+Company - made famous during Vietnam war.

According to recent media reports the battle for Syria has spilled over into Turkey with a recent bombing http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/21/turkey-bomb-pkk-idUSL6E8JL39E20120821. In related news in The Banker http://www.thebanker.com the Banque Du Liban (Lebanon) http://www.bdl.gov.lb stays calm during the current crisis in Syria & Lebanon - in an article by Stephen Timewell published in The Banker 11/01/2011; to subscribe click on http://www.thebanker.com
7. U.S. Senate Cyber Attack - http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/162353/20110614/senate-hacked-hack-investigate-review-lulz-lulzsec-cyber-attack-cyberattack-us-u-s-security.htm more info later...




8. IMF Cyber Attack - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12imf.html more info later...



9. RSA Security Software compromised - for more details on the cracking of the key part of the U.S. and world wide cyber security infrastructure click on http://aggressivevirusdefense.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/rsa-security-attack-timeline. The September 2011 issue of Vanity Fair with the story by Michael Joseph Gross is the best artice I have read about how RSA technology key fob technology was compromised by cyber attacks, and other cyber attacks that appear to fit the pattern of a state actor probing U.S. cyber defenses for valuable ip and possible future attacks. In case you suspect a cyber attack please contact us so the company can suggest the best ways to collect digital evidence that can stand up in court, and minimize your risk for future attacks. The best way to contact us is to go to Facebook www.facebook.com and do a search for the Maximillian Bryan and Marcell Technologies Internationale business page and send a message to the company. For more info click on http://mbmtinternationale.sharepoint.com; be sure to provide a contact person, phone number, along with the problem that your company is having or email so that the company can follow up with you. Pinpointing the time that the problem started is also helpful. Due to the critical nature of the RSA attack a pilot program was begun by the defense department and it has recently been made permanent, for more info click on an article from the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-to-expand-cybersecurity-program-for-defense-contractors/2012/05/11/gIQALhjbHU_story.html?hpid=z4


10. This is not a cyber incident but is a must read for any bank IT executive who needs to know how to protect his network. The article is titled How Wall Street Works with the Feds by Mr. Andrew Conry-Murray in Information Week. For more info go to http://www.informationweek.com; another excellent magazine to read regularly to help keep your IT systems secure is www.cfo.com the website for CFO (Chief Financial Officer) magazine.


11. The FBI http://www.fbi.gov jailed a hacker who found a security flaw in the AT & T http://www.att.com/?WT.srch=1#fbid=6XcuvBGz-Gy website. This flaw revealed the info of over 100,000 iPad users, including e-mails of people who included government officials and Fortune 500 executives. In case you are one of those people please e-mail us and give us your view of what happened and how you felt. For more info on the incident which occurred in June of 2010, and if you want to find out if you are on the list e-mail delivery@ic.fbi.gov.  The FBI also uncovered an intrusion on the LAN (Local Area Network)/WAN (Wide Area Network) of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce http://www.uschamber.com/ with alleged links to China. China has denied an official attack against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for more information on the incident from an article in the Wall Street Journal https://customercenter.wsj.com/public/view/login.html?mg=selfserv-wsj&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomercenter.wsj.com%2Fview%2Fhome.html click on http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204058404577110541568535300.html. For video on this attack click on http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204058404577110541568535300.html#articleTabs%3Dvideo



12. Mexican Hackers at war with the Zeta Crime Syndicate -http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/world/americas/hackers-challenge-mexican-crime-syndicate.html. One movie that shows the sophistication of crime syndicates in Mexico and Latin America is the movie Clear and Present Danger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzWYVWfRIc. In a part of the movie, the hero Jack Ryan, played by Harrison Ford (aka Han Solo) of Star Wars fame http://www.starwars.com is researching a reported explosion at the same time as the security chief of a drug cartel is doing the same thing. Jack Ryan working for the U.S., looks through paper files and books, while the security chief of the drug cartel uses sophisticated computer equipment and software to reach the same conclusion that the reported accident was actually a covert action. Clear and Present Danger; allegedly based on some real life incidents from the 1990s and the deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar, is an excellent DVD - to order on Amazon click on http://www.amazon.com. Patriot Games is also a book by famous author Tom Clancy available on Amazon, along with company book Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology; to order click on http://www.amazon.com/Training-Todays-Youth-Tomorrows-Technology/dp/1441400362

13. Also in Latin America Hugo Chavez is considering a Russian fighter aircraft purchase - http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120719/174673843.html. The relation to cyber warfare is the following: Avionics - the IT systems for airplanes are some of the most sophisticated IT systems in the world, and besides the USA, the European Union and Japan Russia produces some of the best fighter aircraft in the world with China also clear power in aerospace as well. China has learned from Russia planes it has purchased, doing some reverse engineering and producing some original aerospace technology as well. Also some U.S. Department of Defense computer networks were penetrated in the last few years and information on the IT systems of the top U.S. fighter the JSF-35 was definitely a target during these cyber attacks. More info on the JSF-35 fighter http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2012-12-10/f-35-a-short-history-of-the-costliest-fighter-ever   can be seen in a previous blog on the JSF-35 program manager. One top Russian plane in the past was the Mig 25 Foxbat, a movie Russian plane is Firefox, a Clint Eastwood movie where the weapons systems for the plane were
controlled by thought; which when you consider the Wii; a thought/motion controlled video game you wonder what they have now; click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yySrcLlSmc to see the movie clip of the plane in the hangar, for the plane in flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=R0zzz3f9VpI&NR=1.
 
The Art of (Cyber) War - Cloud Computing on the Cutting Edge
To see an excellent educational video on cyber attacks and social media click on http://www.youtube.com/user/IBMSocialMedia?feature=relchannel
USAF F-117 Stealth Fighter in the Clouds
Social Media Can be a Friend to Security Pros http://www.securitysales.com/channel/business-management/articles/2012/09/social-media-can-be-a-friend-to-security-pros.aspxs is a great article in Security and Sales magazine. September 2012 Network World www.networkworld.com has a great article for your resume titled Top 10 Cloud Related Job Titles in the October 8th, 2012 issue.  A great article on Cloud Computing/Social Networking can be seen in Security Sales and Integration magazine can be seen by clicking on http://www.securitysales.com/interstitial/global.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fchannel%2fbusiness-management%2farticles%2f2012%2f09%2fsocial-media-can-be-a-friend-to-security-pros.aspx. So you want to do a pilot project before you move to Cloud Computing? Then you want to read The Test Lab of your Dreams in Information Week from the April 9th, 2012 issue. To get the online version click on http://www.informationweek.com/services/hosted-applications/put-your-test-lab-in-the-cloud/232700441?ct=1022. 
1. The November 2011 Harvard Business Review article http://www.hbr.org/ titled Everything you need to know about "The Cloud"
2. The November 14th, 2011 article from Information Week http://www.informationweek.com written by J. Nicholas Hoover nhoover@techweb.com titled The CIA Rethinks Data Centers for Big Data featuring an interview with Mr. Gus Hunt the CTO of the CIA https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook.
3. The January 2012 issue of CRN http://www.crn.com article titled Cloud Turbulence.
4. IBM www.ibm.com has an excellent info on grid computing, which is another name for cloud computing, just click on http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/industries/energy where there is a report on energy use and production that every Mayor of every large city or CEO of a Fortune 500 company in the U.S. or abroad should read.
A great book on IT security to order www.amazon.com, for the basics on IT security click on http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Ensuring-ITs-Survival-301220/ 
5. The article The Cloud: Energy Efficency Game Changer in Tech and Learning www.techlearning.com magazine gives stats on on cloud computing saving energy from the CDW-G 2012 Energy Efficent IT Report http://newsroom.cdwg.com/features/feature-04-02-12.html.
6. Government Executive magazine http://cdn.govexec.com/interstitial.html?rf=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.govexec.com%2F and do a search for the article Upward Bound by Joseph Marks and Sunny Outlook by Aliya Sternstein along with other articles, the theme of the March 2012 issue.
7. Steven VanRoekel's interview with Government Executive magazine in the May 2012 issue www.govexec.com; Steven is a Federal CIO, a former Microsoft www.microsoft.com employee and he talks about changes with federal government IT systems since he has been there, the feds are making a push into the cloud.
8. In this corner for Cloud Computing, Google with Google apps www.google.com and in this corner Microsoft with Office 365 www.microsoft.com. In case you want to do a pilot program to see if your company can help you cut costs with these packages compared to your current office application suite send us a message on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com and we can show you the pros and cons of each. 
9. Social Networking software such as Facebook www.facebook.com and LinkedIn www.linkedin.com are cloud computing applications because the software you use to install them on your iPad, PC, or smartphone sit on the cloud. Two excellent articles on Social Networking software can be found in the articles From CRM to Social in Informationweek magazine www.informationweek.com and Social Media: It Does Have a Place in the Classroom in Tech and Learning magazine www.techlearning.com.
For advanced concepts on start up companies and for business/tech people who think they have what it takes to create the next big start up company or are just curious, great for MBA students...to order click on www.amazon.com 
10. Azure, Microsoft's answer to Cloud Computing has a special free 90 day trial. For more info click on www.linkedin.com, and join Microsft BizSpark a group for hi-tech start up companies. Azure will be released on September 4th 2012, for more info click on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maximillian-Bryan-Marcell-Technologies-Internationale-LLC/140988465978339 to see the post on the company business page. Also countdown to September 4th, 2012 the official Windows Server new release date.
11. Apple's answer to cloud computing is iCloud http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup and it works for the iPod Touch, iPad, iMac and of course the iPhone.
12. CloudOne Corporation http://oncloudone.com is an IBM www.ibm.com partner and hosts Rational Software in the cloud, along with other services. According to the CEO they have been in business for 10 years and so should be able to handle your cloud needs and anticipate problems that may arise when you try to move to the cloud.
Mr. Winston Shines is a Consultant for Maximillian Bryan and Marcell Technologies Internationale LLC he has been published in Baseline magazine http://www.baselinemag.com, (to view the article click on http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Ensuring-ITs-Survival-301220 Baseline is going all digital soon). has written the copyrighted book Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology http://www.amazon.com/Training-Todays-Youth-Tomorrows-Technology/dp/1441400362/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323746481&sr=1-1 which is on sale at Amazon http://www.amazon.com and has been a paid speaker at the Michigan State University School of Education http://www.educ.msu.edu Annual Education Technology Seminar in East Lansing Michigan. The company has also won the Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA partnership Award. For more info on GEW/USA click on http://unleashingideas.webjam.com/usa/activities_calendar also to see a video that Vice-President of the United States Joeseph (Joe) Biden gave to the GEW announcing a partnership click on http://unleashingideas.org/ges2012. Maximillian Bryan and Marcell Technologies Internationale http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maximillian-Bryan-Marcell-Technologies-Internationale-LLC/140988465978339 has completed the Kauffman Foundation's http://www.kauffman.org/Section.aspx?id=About_The_Foundation Fast Trac New Ventures program for start up companies; Maximillian Bryan and Marcell Technologies Internationale's core competencies are IT, cyber security along with PC/Server LAN/WAN implementation so that the company can advise clients on how to best protect their computer and smart phone networks (yes smart phones are vulnerable to Blue tooth viruses) in this age of never ending cyber attacks.......
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