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.
SANTA CLARA, Ca. -McAfee has announced McAfee Artemis Technology that uses a new Internet-based service hosted by McAfee Avert Labs to provide active protection on the fly when a computer gets hit by malicious computer code. "[Artemis] redefines how malware protection is delivered to customers out in the field," said Dave Marcus, security research and
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security is weathering a deluge of criticism of its lackluster cybersecurity efforts on grounds that they have proven to be inefficient, bureaucratic, and not even able to do a decent job of monitoring federal computer networks. This week, it even led to what would have been unthinkable a year or two ago--a
INDIANAPOLIS - Fortinet thas announced that two rogue security applications, AntiVirus XP 2008 and XP Security Center, have claimed the top two positions in Fortinet's Top 10 most reported threats for August 2008 with nearly 20 per cent of the month's activities. "They try to entice users that they are legitimate security applications like virus
NEW YORK - NASA's revelation this week that a computer virus had infected the International Space Station brought to mind images of cybercriminals sending astronauts plummeting toward a major U.S. city, Forbes magazine reported. Instead, the rogue software on the station's computer turned out to be doing something stranger: looking for passwords to the multiplayer
YPSILANTI - Have you thought about a future with Defense Intelligence Agency, Homeland Security, or the National Security Agency. Then you must act now and enroll in an undergraduate, graduate, or PHD Program in Information Assurance at Eastern Michigan University. IAC Director Skip Lawver said he has placed two recent graduates at NSA and one
DETROIT - So who has not been watching the Olympics? As a security professional, is there something that you notice conspicuously missing? Well? That's right, a significant lack of news related to any type of incidents arising from terrorism, or other endangerment to either participants or attendees. This is a very good thing. Usually security
PALO ALTO, Ca. - Voltage Security continues to ramp up its channel program and recruit partners. Since launching the Entourage Partner Program in November 2007, Voltage has recruited 27 partners, and its most recent version of SecureMail Server was designed to make it easier for those partners to install it. As a provider of encryption
REDMOND, Wa. - For many, privacy on the Web is a concern. And for Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, privacy is a feature. In a meeting with reporters, Satya Nadella, senior vice president of Microsoft's search, portal and advertising platform group, said the company's browser will come with a private browsing mode. And Long Zheng of