NOVI - Just as a fire department might recruit volunteer fire fighters to train and prepare for an emergency, the State of Michigan announced that it would be creating a Cyber Civilian Militia. During the sold out 2013 Michigan Cyber Summit, themed around the growing risk of cyber attacks, Gov. Rick Snyder made the formal
MIAMI - In a survey of 307 women, conducted by Travelers at the NAWBO Women's Business Conference in Miami this month, nearly one-third (32 percent) lack confidence that they are adequately protected against cyber risks. Cyber Awareness - Women business owners who lack confidence in their level of cyber protection and preparedness rose from 27
TEAFLY, N.J. ? Noted Michigan-based cyber security expert Richard Stiennon has joined a group of industry experts to launch Securitycurrent.Com, a news and information site for other security professionals. Securitycurrent.Com is co-founded by veteran journalist and IT network security marketing executive Aimee Rhodes. The site features news, data, analysis, practical advice, discussion and research. Contributors
WASHINGTON DC - The National Institute of Standards and Technology released its draft cybersecurity framework for private companies and infrastructure networks on Tuesday. These standards are part of an executive order that President Obama proposed in February. The aim of NIST's framework (PDF) is to create guidelines that companies can use to beef up their
KALAMAZOO ? There?s a scene in the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," where Butch gets ready for a knife fight. He asks his advisory if there are any rules. When told no, Butch kicks the man in the groin. A similar scene played out this week when the National Science Foundation awarded a
PARIS, France - The United States may be in hot water with France following reports that the NSA snooped on a large number of French citizens. A report published Monday by French paper Le Monde revealed the spying activities on the part of the National Security Agency, based on documents leaked by former NSA contractor
ZURICH, Switzerland - Taking a page from the way banks and web sites use two-factor authentication to log-in, IBM announced NFC, or near-field communications, to make mobile eCommerce more secure. NFC wireless links can be used to let people exchange contact information by bumping phones together or to pay for products by waving a phone
SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time since Akamai started data-gathering in 2008, Microsoft-DS - aka Port 445 - is not the hackers' primary path of attack, Akamai's latest "State of the Internet" report revealed Wednesday. Instead, hackers have moved to targeting Web users through HTTP Port 80 and SSL (HTTPS) port 443. That hackers
WASHINGTON DC - After eight years as the longest-serving leader of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander will be making his exit sometime in spring 2014, according to a report. Alexander, who has been in charge of the NSA since August 2005, is expected to depart the agency in March or April of next
SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe announced last week that it has been the target of a major security breach in which sensitive and personal data about millions of its customers have been put at risk. Brad Arkin, senior director of security for Adobe products and services, explained in a blog post reported by CNET News.Com that