LANSING - Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, an industry trade association of Homeland Security companies focused on building the emerging homeland security industry in Michigan, announced the appointment of new Board members and the 2009 Board from within the homeland security industry sector in Michigan. Elected Treasurer is Walter Catton of Midstate Security Company in Grandville.
LONDON - The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not prosecute self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon in the U.K., edging him closer to extradition to the U.S. McKinnon's diagnosis with Asperger's Syndrome, a condition on the autistic spectrum, had not been taken into account in the decision, a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesperson told
HICKORY CORNERS, Mi. - The 2nd biennial Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing forum April 3 -4 has issued a call for papers and posters �?? the submission deadline is March 6. Michigan Celebration of Women In Computing is part of a nationwide effort to address the alarming decline of American women choosing computer science
DETROIT - Dan Shoemaker, who is in charge of the University of Detroit Mercy's Information Assurance Center, is on his way to Paris to help the European Union develop a European strategy to secure cyberspace, starting with tightening up software code. Shoemaker is one of four delegates from the United States that will share details
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