SAN FRANCISCO - A new Web site could help turn security breach guesswork into science. Database breaches, social engineering attacks, and hacking incidents happen at companies every day, but very few end up being reported publicly. That's because organizations fear-and rightly so-damage to their reputation, public humiliation, and loss of customer confidence. But this silent
DETROIT - Fraudsters never stand still. Financial service customers have become conditioned to be wary of potential phishing emails following years of being inundated with phishing attacks and spam. This fact makes it harder for bilkers to lure victims with a artfully designed email and website, so they are experimenting with newer tactics now. Attackers
SOUTHFIELD ? Two research arms of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have entered into an educational partnership agreement and memorandum of understanding with Lawrence Technological University that provide a framework to pursue future collaboration and potential joint projects. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss., and the Cold Regions Research
DETROIT ? $1 Million Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition Friday announced that it has chosen its 50 company semi-finalists that will compete for cash prizes and in-kind awards of services, staffing and software. The contest received nearly 600 entries, which were split evenly between the business and student portions of the competition. Entries were received from
LANSING - Breaking from its hard line against anything resembling a tax increase, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday approved bills that would allow voters in the Detroit area to decide whether to establish a new property tax to fund the Detroit Institute of Arts and increase the existing levy for the Detroit Zoo. The Senate's
LOS ANGELES ? Ask employees if they think their human resources department is slow or fast, and this will lead to a pretty interesting conversation. That's just what eePulse and the CEO at the University of Southern California did in the Fall 2010 Leadership Pulse. The leadership pulse asked leaders to rate overall, leadership confidence
ANN ARBOR - Pay-Ease, which makes electronic financial processing software, has chosen Online Tech's OT Private Cloud computing platform for secure hosting of its eCommerce SaaS applications. The private cloud computing platform is hosted in Online Tech's SAS 70 certified data centers to meet PCI compliant hosting requirements. "We have trusted Online Tech with the
TROY - Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, announced Tuesday that it is now providing eligible youth and dislocated workers with information technology training and industry recognized certifications, as well as career readiness training, job placement assistance, and internship opportunities. In partnership with Oakland Schools, Automation Alley's "Information Technology Career Pathways Project" offers students
GRAND RAPIDS - MINDSCAPE at Hanon McKendry, an Internet marketing and web development firm, has launched the MINDSCAPE Content Division. The division brings branded online content development and management in-house, including keyword-focused web page content writing, social media strategy and management, and video concepting and production. "The appetite for online content is huge," said MINDSCAPE
NEW YORK - Major websites are moving to limit the number of tracking technologies like "cookies" spreading on their sites, hoping to keep lucrative data about visitors for themselves - and avoid privacy risks. More sites are counting the number of tracking tools - software that can clandestinely monitor people's activities online - that are