Screenshot of the IowaReporterApp, developed by Shadow Inc., by Motherboard. To be clear: this briefing, in a state technology and innovation e-newsletter, does not explore whether an app is solely to blame for political chaos immediately after the 2020 Iowa caucus for the Democratic presidential nominee. But the IowaReporterApp, developed by a for-profit company called Shadow, […]
Court documents filed Thursday show that Dallas County has dropped charges against two men accused of breaking into the Dallas County courthouse to test its security, reports KCCI. Coalfire Security employees Justin Wynn and Gary Demercurio were charged in September 2019 with felony burglary after authorities said they were caught inside the Dallas County Courthouse […]
Welcome to 2020. What better way to kick off the new year than by looking ahead at key trends affecting the business community. We asked several leaders to identify a trend in their industry they felt other business leaders should know about. Here’s a peek at what they told us. The impact of voice searchRachel […]
Strauss Security Solutions is merging with Security Equipment Inc. (SEi) to become Strauss Security Solutions Powered by SEi, the companies announced. Both companies have Des Moines offices, though SEi’s corporate headquarters are in Omaha. Strauss Security Solutions will keep its name and presence in Des Moines, President Chad Breheny said, and existing employees will have […]
DMARC Food Pantry usage tracked within a 1-mile radius of Business Publications Corp. on Fourth Street, parent company of the Des Moines Business Record and dsm Magazine. DMARC serves 1,681 unique individuals who report addresses in proximity of BPC. The blue dots across the map mark individual households that relied on DMARC Food Pantry services […]
For any organization thinking about cybersecurity, it’s hard to think about the risks. In the 2019 Business Record Leaders’ Survey, readers were overall hesitant about business and government preparation in the event of a cyberattack, with about 30% of respondents reporting they perceive Iowans as somewhat prepared. So how would a regional not-for-profit, small to […]
City staff members are investigating after finding malware on the city of West Des Moines’ computer network, KCCI reports. On Monday, the West Des Moines Fire Department said that the extent and impact of the malware was unknown but that police, fire, EMS and dispatch services were operating as normal.
Each year the Business Record gets the pulse on key issues affecting the region’s business community from our audience. Back in October we reached out, and Des Moines leaders delivered. Catch a glimpse of what people thought about artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles in Des Moines and cybersecurity below, and look for the Business Record’s annual […]
Two months after employees of the cybersecurity firm Coalfire were arrested during penetration testing of state and county courthouses, the security community in Iowa gathered in an Adel Public Library community room — just blocks from the Dallas County Courthouse where they were caught. Awareness Con, organized by Black Hills Information Security, went to the […]
The CEO of the cybersecurity company that employs two men who were arrested after breaking into Iowa courthouses while on contract with the judicial branch called his workers pawns in a dispute between state and county officials, reports the Des Moines Register. The charges against Justin Wynn and Gary Demercurio, employees of Coalfire, were reduced from […]