NOVI - At a time when critical infrastructure security is a national priority, ITC Holdings Corp. has been recognized for its efforts to safeguard the reliability of the high voltage electric system in Michigan. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, an international regulatory authority for the reliability of the bulk power system in North America,
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs has added Palantir Government - a network-analysis software program designed to organize counter terrorism and cyber security intelligence to its security and intelligence studies curriculum. Developed by Palantir Technologies, Palantir Government has been widely used within U.S. intelligence, defense, and law enforcement
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced on Thursday she is appointing attorney Mary Ellen Callahan as the department's chief privacy officer. "Homeland security and privacy are not mutually exclusive, and having a seasoned professional like Mary Ellen on the team further ensures that privacy is built in to everything we do,"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - McAfee Inc. has announced the release of a new set of McAfee Data Protection solutions. "It is the coming together of all the products that [McAfee] has acquired in the data protection space over the last several years onto a common management platform and coming together as a unified solution for
SOUTHFIELD - Forensics and Anti-Forensic Techniques will be the topic Feb. 19 when the Motor City Chapter of ISSA holds its monthly membership meeting. RSVP deadline is Feb. 16. The presentation - at Cisco Systems, Southfield Office, 2000 Tower, Suite 405, 4th floor, Southfield Town Center - will be made by Justin Peltier, Senior Security
ANN ARBOR - The February 5 SAS Software Users Group Meeting will feature three presentations and be held at United BioSource Corp. starting at 2 pm. The agenda includes: Random Effects vs. Marginal Model Approach With Repeated Measures Data- Kathy Welch, University of Michigan Welch is a co-author of the book "Linear Mixed Models: A
HOUSTON - Dan Lohrmann, acting Chief Technology Officer for the State of Michigan, and a frequent speaker at SecureWorld Expo conferences, will keynote the second day of the Houston SecureWorld Expo on Feb. 12. His topic will be "E Reputation: Virtual Decisions in a Web 2.0 World." To get a quick overview of what Lohrmann
CAMPBELL, Ca. - Barracuda Networks is predicting that the poor economy, as well as the growing use of botnets, will give spam volume a bump, sending it slightly higher than 95 percent in 2009. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the CAN-SPAM act, but it hasn't had a great impact on reducing spam, said
WASHINGTON - A secret federal appeals court has ruled that federal agencies can be authorized to conduct warrantless e-mail and telephone surveillance without violating the U.S. Constitution. In a 29-page redacted opinion released Thursday, the court ruled that presidents do not need to obtain warrants to conduct "foreign intelligence for national-security purposes"-which is effectively at
LANSING - Please make plans to attend an Infragard event next week that everyone should have interest in, though not too many really want to talk about. The event I thought it was your turn to watch the data: Issues and strategies in dealing with compromised information but if you want a quick sound bite