LANSING - David Behen, CIO for the state of Michigan, was named as a 2014 Premier 100 IT Leaders honoree by IDG's Computerworld at its annual leadership conference on Tuesday. This year?s recognition program spotlights 100 leaders from both the technology and business sides of companies for their exceptional technology leadership and innovative approaches to
EAST LANSING - A team of computer scientists in the Michigan State University College of Engineering have built the first three-dimensional model of a human fingerprint, which will not only help today?s fingerprint-matching technology do its job better, but could eventually lead to improvements in security. What Anil Jain, his MSU colleagues and research collaborator
SAN FRANCISCO - Results from TechTarget?s 2013 annual salary and careers survey, which looked at IT security professionals and IT personnel who spend their time on security, shows that total compensation (salaries, bonuses and commissions) is holding steady. More than half of those surveyed reported raises in 2013, and close to one-third received bonuses. The
DEARBORN ? ISACA Detroit will host a chapter meeting on March 19 that looks at how to Implement an IT Risk Management Methodology. RSVP by March 15. Panel Speakers include: Brenda Karl, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, QSA Craig Kelley, MBA, CISA Jamshid Sadaghiyani CPA, CISA, CRISC David Flynn CPA, CISA The pre dinner topic is Career
TENAFLY, N.J. - The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the long-anticipated Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Security. The framework, released on February 12th, provides critical infrastructure operators with a broad blueprint of how to defend IT and industrial control systems networks that handle sensitive and critical tasks for a broad range of
NOVI - Red Level Networks has been recognized as the Best Place to work in 2014, an annual award that highlights businesses within the city of Novi that create an optimal working environment for their employees. Examples include businesses that have taken efforts to create a pleasant work environment, innovation or career advancement. ?What is
SAN FRANCISCO - In a story posted late Tuesday, Wired editor Joe Brown said his Snapchat friends were asking why he was sending them messages with photos of fruit smoothies. That was a surprise to Brown because he hadn't sent any such messages. Other Snapchatters have since complained about receiving these same messages, according to
SAN FRANCISCO - Tesco, an international supermarket chain, has been forced to deactivate online customer accounts after hackers took aim at its systems. The company confirmed to The Guardian on Friday that over 2,200 of its accounts were compromised. Interestingly, it's believed that the hackers didn't actually break into its systems, but instead used data
SAN FRANCISCO - A massive distributed-denial-of-service attack Monday reached more than 400Gbps at its peak, about 33 percent greater than last year's Spamhaus attack, the previous DDoS record-holder. The attack was apparently directed at one of the customers of content delivery network and security provider CloudFlare, which first reported the attack, CNET News.Com reported. The
BIRMINGHAM - Bob Ackerman, a VC at Allegis Capital wrote what could be considered a self-serving piece on the security tech bubble published on VentureBeat. Of course an investor in security companies is going to stoke the flames of exuberance, especially in light of the ridiculous valuation of FireEye at IPO of $6 billion ($FEYE