DEARBORN - The Detroit Chapters of the IIA and ISACA are co-sponsoring the 15th Annual Spring Conference scheduled for March 10-12, 2014 at The University of Michigan - Dearborn Fairlane Center North. WHEN - Monday, March 10, 2014 - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 WHERE - University of Michigan Fairlane Center North 19000 Hubbard, Dearborn, Michigan
WASHINGTON DC - When the United States government was shut down back in October, all of the Federal Election Commission?s employees were furloughed. Chinese hackers reportedly took the opportunity to breach the agency?s computer systems. According to the Center for Public Integrity, the attack came shortly after an independent auditor warned that the FEC?s systems
WASHINGTON DC - The United States Army announced that the Army Cyber Command Headquarters will be located at Fort Gordon, Ga., consolidating and coordinating Army cyber and network operations under one commander for the first time in its history. "Cyber threats are real, sophisticated, growing, and evolving," said ARCYBER's commanding general, Lt. Gen. Edward C.
WASHINGTON - Imagine going about your daily life and then one day receiving photos of yourself from inside your home. Sound spooky? Well, this really happened to a woman named Cassidy Wolf, according to the Washington Post. And, to make matters worse, she was nude in the photos. How did this happen? Asked The Washington
FARMINGTON HILLS - Assure360 announced Hans Guilbeaux has been named director of information security and compliance. As the director of information security and compliance, Guilbeaux is responsible for the internal and external development and implementation of the information security program, overseeing all compliance monitoring standards and testing, and serving as a trusted consultant to clients,
TENAFLY, N.J. - The establishment of the Mobile App Security Working Group, was announced at the Amphion Forum in San Francisco last week. Member companies will collaborate to develop security standards for mobile applications that interact with each other. The MAS charter members are Mocana, SAP, FireEye, McAfee and Wind River. The rise of connectivity
SAN FRANCISCO - A new Gmail policy that allows e-mailed image attachments to load automatically comes at a price, say two security researchers. Google announced on Thursday that Gmail would once again load attached images by default. The feature had been disabled years ago, as a way of clamping down on malware and phishing attacks,
ANN ARBOR - Duo Security Thursday introduced new editions of its two-factor authentication products, which the company said enables faster deployment, better usability and lower costs, starting as low as $1 per user per month. ?Our mission at Duo has always been to strike the perfect balance between iron-clad confidence and ease of use. The
TENAFLY, N.J. - Akamai Technologies announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Prolexic Technologies, Inc. for approximately $370 million, in a deal expected to close during the first half of 2014. Akamai said the deal would extend its web optimization and security offerings by adding cloud-based security solutions for protecting data centers
TENAFLY, N.J. - Security is a word that brings up many different images depending on your experience, profession or industry. At a University, not only is the context different than at a bank, but it is different depending on what you are trying to secure. I do not believe that providing security for an organization