LANSING ? The Lansing ISSA is hosting its third annual Netwars Challenge May 19 to provide education and guidance on tools that will assist in responding to security events. Using a simulated attack and defend environment, industry experts will provide key concepts for a framework to guide in the everyday struggle of combating malicious intent.
LANSING ? Michigan public employee retirement systems may soon be able to more greatly diversify their retirement portfolio and expand their funds globally if a bill reported Wednesday from the Senate Appropriations Committee becomes law. "At the end of the day, the world has changed," said Sen. Mark Jansen (R-Gaines Township), sponsor of the bill.
LANSING - After a decade of economic pummeling, Michigan has enjoyed some strong rebounds in the last year, a report on the state's overall budget from the Senate Fiscal Agency said, but the recent growth does not overcome some ongoing fiscal weakness. The report also said that the 2012-13 budget proposed by Governor Rick Snyder
COOPERSVILLE - IT Resource will be the keynote speakers at the Coopersville Area Chamber of Commerce May 17 where they will offer a program to focus on maximizing IT investment. The breakfast meeting - from 7:30-9:00 a.m. at 327 Main, Coopersville ? will also help attendees understand what questions need to be asked to evaluate
SAN FRANCISCO - Retailer Brookstone this year will start selling a portable fuel cell able to charge smartphones a dozen times before running out. Fuel cell maker Lilliputian Systems today announced that Brookstone will be the first retailer to carry its portable USB power source, which will be sold under Brookstone's brand, CNET News.Com reported.
WASHINGTON D.C. - Lockheed Martin will assist the Defense Department's Cyber Crime Center thwart cyber criminals under a task order that has a ceiling value of $454 million if all options are exercised. The General Services Administration?s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center task order, under GSA?s Alliant contract, calls for Lockheed Martin to deliver
BOSTON - A steep drop in shipments of Android-based tablets offset a strong quarter from Apple and caused the media tablet market to miss projections for the first quarter of 2012 according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker. Total worldwide media tablet shipments for the quarter reached 17.4
LONDON - Analyst firm Ovum said Android will be the dominant operating system in the smartphone market over the next five years as handset vendors rush to make it their primary smartphone platform. Smartphones will outperform the overall market for mobile phones, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.9 percent for the
DETROIT ? The FBI's top cyber cop in Detroit is the keynote speaker May 21 at the 2012 Spring HTCIA Conference where the focus is on exploring cyber espionage and law enforcement. The event is closed to the general public and press because of the sensitive nature of the information disclosed. But security professionals are
LONDON - A campaign of "ransomware" is locking people out of their computers in Europe unless they pony up the right amount of money. Spotted by security blog abuse.ch, the malware taps into an exploit kit known as "Blackhole." Sold underground, Blackhole is used by criminals to infect computers through security holes in the browser