WASHINGTON DC - A top federal cybersecurity official resigned this week in a letter sharply critical of what he described as a power grab by the National Security Agency. Rod Beckstrom, director of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Center, said in his letter that NSA "effectively controls DHS cyber efforts through detailees, technology insertions," and has
LANSING - Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, an industry trade association of Homeland Security companies in Michigan has become a supporting organization for the American Security Challenge, a non-profit mechanism to nurture and fund emerging security technology firms devoted to our national security. "We invite entrepreneurs and security technology companies in Michigan to submit their executive
TORONTO - The Conficker worm, also known as Downadup, is targeting the Web site of Southwest Airlines and could disrupt online flight check-in and other services on March 13 as a result, security firm Sophos warned on Monday. Mike Wood of SophosLabs Canada did some digging and found that the millions of computers infected with
DETROIT - TechTown's offering Detroit entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to learn how to trade with India the right way. The Indian Business Forum is a free quarterly meeting providing an opportunity to network with entrepreneurs doing business with India, one of the world's largest trading partners. At the March meeting, attendees also get an introduction
SOUTHFIELD - Data Breach Investigation Report is the topic March 19 for Motor City ISSA, as David Ostertag offers a comprehensive data-driven report on forensics and computer crime investigations - gathered from 500 cases over a 4-year period. RSVP deadline is March 16. Ostertag from the Verizon Business' Investigative Response team will share insights gathered
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Houston SecureWorld event wrapped up with a 20 percent growth in attendance over last year's program! Sponsors included WebSense, Cyveillance, Alcatel-Lucent, CompTIA, Motorola AirDefense, Great Bay Software, Lumension Security, TippingPoint, Bradford Networks, ArcSight, ESET, Gigamon, Configuresoft, and more. "I look forward to next year. I would recommend your conferences to anyone
NOVI - Walsh College is hosting a workshop on March 17 that will examine Workplace Privacy Policies at the Novi Campus. Email and other forms of electronic communication have become valuable business tools. Organizations need to have an understanding of the universe of laws governing their collection, use, disclosure and protection of electronic mail. This
WASHINGTON - A group of U.S. government security organizations has listed the top 20 security actions that they recommend organizations should take to improve computer security. Called Twenty Most Important Controls and Metrics for Effective Cyber Defense and Continuous FISMA Compliance, the list was published Monday by a conglomerate of U.S. government agencies, including the
SAN FRANCISCO - When we think of phishing attacks, in which scammers try to lure sensitive information out of Internet users, we think of fake official-looking e-mails and Web sites. But you don't even need to be online to get phished. A phishing attack making the rounds tries to dupe cell phone users into revealing
REDMOND - Attackers are attempting to exploit an unpatched security hole in Excel that could allow someone to take control of a compromised computer, Microsoft said in a security advisory. The attack exploiting the Excel Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability requires a computer user to open an attachment sent via e-mail that has a maliciously