SAN FRANCISCO - Smart meters are arriving at homes and causing a stir. Consumers in California and Texas have complained about higher bills due to smart meters not working properly. And for a second time in about a year, researchers discovered holes in the meters. It's enough to make one wonder: are these devices going
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft will issue 11 security bulletins in next week's Patch Tuesday to fix 25 vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, and Exchange, including two holes for which exploit code is in the wild. Five of the bulletins address critical vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take control of the computer, five are
SAN JOSE - McAfee and Riverbed Technology have announced a partnership to deliver a comprehensive security and wide area network optimization solution for organizations with remote offices. The one-box solution, which will include a virtual instance of McAfee Firewall Enterprise software running on the Riverbed Steelhead appliance, lets enterprises deliver accelerated data and application access
NEW YORK - In the basement of the HarperCollins building in midtown Manhattan, headquarters of Global Rainmakers, a group of physicists and computer engineers are hunting identity thieves. Their weapon: an agile and inexpensive iris scanner that can identify people at a glance with a nearly zero margin of error. Hector Hoyos, Global Rainmakers' founder,
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>>
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>>
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