LANSING ? Trent Carpenter, the new Chief Information Security Officer for the state of Michigan, is in charge of keeping the bad guys out of the state's computer network ? a task made even more difficult by the tough budget he gets from the state legislature. Meet Trent in this Cyber Defense Update podcast interview.
LANSING ? Ken Theis, Michigan's chief information officer as well as the new director of the Michigan Department of Management, Technology and Government, provides an overview of the state of technology in Michigan government in this Cyber Defense Update podcast interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
KALAMAZOO ? Dyann Bradbury, President of the InfraGard National Members Alliance, said her group which now represents some 30,000 members is looking to reach out beyond just dedicated security professionals to all practitioners of Information Technology as well as first responders across the country. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
GRAND RAPIDS and BIRMINGHAM - MITechNews.Com, an online technology news portal, announced a media partnership with IT-Harvest, a security news portal, that will include combined news, podcasting, live events and advertising to a nationwide audience of security professionals. MITechNews.Com includes a Security section that features news, information and events listings. That news is packaged every
LANSING ? Eric Swanson, director of the Office of Shared Solutions, talks about how Michigan is trying to bring broadband Internet connections to the rural parts of the state in this Cyber Defense Update podcast interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT ? The University of Detroit-Mercy's Center of Cyber Security and Intelligence Studies has completed the "brain" for its National Secure Software Assurance Repository, a $1.8 million Department of Defense project aimed at making tomorrow's software more secure. Just last week, Center Director Dan Shoemaker was in Washington DC to demo the project for officials
LANSING ? Economic Development and Information Technology have come together under the new Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget offering Michigan businesses the chance to bid on nearly a half billion dollars in IT infrastructure work up for grabs. The money flows through Amy Baumer who provides all the details in this Cyber Defense
LANSING ? Trent Carpenter, the new Chief Information Security Officer for the state of Michigan, talks about how the state has been certified as PCI compliant by the credit cards companies ? meaning the state's 10 million plus residents can do such mundane tasks as buy vehicle license tabs online, rather than stand in line
NEW YORK - For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web site's usual sensational headlines. Matt Drudge denied that his site was infecting visitors, however it's likely that the malware is coming from ads delivered by a third-party ad network
SAN FRANCISCO - Fortify Software has announced the results of a straw poll taken at the RSA Conference 2010. Based on an informal survey of 200 security professionals in attendance, Fortify's poll sought to assess the general awareness of the risk associated with insecure software, as well as the adoption of software security solutions within