DETROIT - Current software engineering practices inadvertently leave software and systems susceptible to attacks. As evidence, the DHS's Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) lists 797 explicit defects and the list is growing at a constant rate. These defects cost the average U.S. Company $22 million dollars a year to fix. Moreover, it isn?t like recommendations for
DETROIT - Key institutions in Detroit, with sponsorship from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, MIT's Center for Future Civic Media and Google are kicking off a one-year effort to broaden journalism's role in the nation's underserved communities. As many as 100 journalists, technologists, bloggers, educators, funders and entrepreneurs are expected to participate June 3-6
NEW YORK - More than half of Facebook and MySpace users surveyed have posted risky personal details about themselves online, according to the results of a new survey from Consumer Reports. The magazine's State of the Net 2010 report, published in its June 2010 issue and discussed in its Electronics blog on Tuesday, also discovered
SAN FRANCISCO - After four years as chief security officer at MySpace, Hemanshu Nigam is leaving his full-time job to start a new firm that advises companies on how to handle safety, security, and privacy. Nigam, who will continue to advise MySpace and its parent company News Corp., hopes to bring his expertise to start-ups,
WASHINGTON DC - On April 6-7, the InfraGard National Members Alliance and the Houston, Acadiana, New Orleans, and Mobile Chapters led a multi-state Full Scale Exercise in collaboration with law enforcement agencies and critical infrastructure firms from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. More than 150 persons from more than 70 different public and private sector
TROY - Walsh College will hold the CISSP Exam June 12 at the Troy campus starting at 8:30 AM in room 199. Please register for the exam at ISC2.Org Walsh College will host the annual Spring Student Capstone Fair June 12, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Please stop by to view student projects.
YPSILANTI - The Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce and the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce will merge on June 1, after the motion was approved unanimously at a Special Joint Membership meeting of the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce and its Educational foundation. The adoption of the merger of the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration has proposed changes, including higher surety bond guarantee limits, that will help construction and service sector firms secure larger contracts for work in areas impacted by disasters. The proposed changes, which were published as part of a Proposed Rule in The Federal Register on April 26, include: For
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, which provides the manufacturing ERP software called Plex Online, Tuesday announced that it had recurring revenue growth of 28 percent in the first quarter of 2010 compared with the same quarter in 2009. Total revenue grew 18 percent quarter over quarter. The company also added eight new customers and continued
LANSING - Community colleges would not see their funding increase, but it wouldn't fall either under the budget plan approved Tuesday by the House Appropriations Community Colleges Subcommittee. The subcommittee replaced the 3.1 percent the Senate had cut from the budget (SB 1151 ), but it did not specify a revenue source beyond the general