DEARBORN - Joseph Dittmar a World Trade Center survivor will be the opening keynote for the SecureWorld Detroit 2008 Expo at the Dearborn Conference and Event Center on Nov. 5-6. MITechNews.Com readers qualify for a discount off the two-day conference pass. The topic of Dittmar's keynote will be on the Lessons Learned from a Date
SANTA CLARA - Brad Pitt has overtaken Paris Hilton as the most dangerous celebrity to search for in cyberspace according to Internet security company McAfee. For the second year running, McAfee entered the glamorous world of Hollywood to reveal the riskiest celebrities in cyberspace. Checking in on your famous friends is not only a guilty
REDMOND, Wa. - The four security bulletins from Microsoft concern Windows GDI+, Windows Media Player, and Microsoft Office OneNote. All are rated critical by Microsoft. There is no cumulative patch for Internet Explorer in September. Starting next month, Microsoft plans to share the technical details of new vulnerabilities to give software developers time to update
SAN FRANCISCO - Usable Security Systems has announced its first service, UsableLogin, which allows a person to choose one simple codeword to login securely with multi-factor authentication to any Web site. Passwords and all other Web authentication options available today rest on the assumption that humans are perfect, that they have amazing memories, can keep
TROY - Walsh College has been re-certified through June 2013 for mapping its information assurance courses to five of six national security standards. It is the only Michigan school so certified.. Re-certification is a step toward Walsh being re-designated in 2009 as a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Information Assurance Education by the National
SAN DIEGO - A British developed revolutionary, system-level computer security program Lanxoma was launched during the DEMOfall 08 emerging technology conference in San Diego - the first product to address the need for data security from the inside, creating a permanent, digital record that deters abuse, provides accountability and satisfies the most stringent auditing standards.
TORONTO, Canada - Trend Micro has released its 2009 versions of its flagship consumer products. The release of Trend Micro Internet Security and Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2009 is focused on maximizing protection while optimizing performance. "Our promise to consumers is all about providing the maximum security while allowing them the freedom to go
RENO, Nevada - A recent survey by Voltaire Ltd. found that although CIOs and senior IT executives overwhelmingly believe that a green datacenter will become mission critical, many lack the budget to implement green initiatives. Nearly 90 percent of executives surveyed said they believed that greening their datacenters would be crucial to meeting their companies'
SAN JOSE - Nearly 70 percent of executives believe that their companies' sensitive information is at risk of data theft. But not all of them are taking the right steps to prevent it, according to a study published earlier today. In a survey of more than 1,300 corporate executives -- 54 percent of whom have
MIAMI - Mortgage giant Countrywide Financial earlier this month informed as many as 2 million customers their personal data, including social security numbers, may have been stolen. The data was allegedly stolen from the mortgage company's computer system. The information was being sold to mortgage brokers as sales leads. The breach was one of the