Cyber Defense

After Hours Consulting Challenge 2008

TROY - Information Assurance Center Director Nan Poulios is inviting Walsh College students from all degree programs to participate in the second bi-annual Consulting Challenge. Self-chosen teams of four students will be given a business case and must develop and present solutions in 24 hours beginning at noon on November 10 at the Walsh College

By |2008-03-28T00:00:00-04:00March 28th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Eastern Michigan InfraGard Update

DETROIT - The Eastern Michigan Advisory Board met March 27 to flesh out the details for upcoming events, including creating the agenda for the CREST Tour May 30 at Oakland Community College. The event has been subtitled,"Meet your County / State Emergency Manager / Planners?, and a second suggestion of ?Faces behind the yellow tape?

By |2008-03-28T00:00:00-04:00March 28th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Most Consumers Unware Of Online Fraud Liability

NEW YORK - Although fraud protection and security are the most important factors for online shoppers, the majority of online shoppers who use credit cards for their transactions don`t know their liability coverage. A survey of 2,706 consumers conducted by JupiterResearch and commissioned by eBillme found that 68 per cent of online shoppers who pay

By |2008-03-27T00:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Symantec Launches Version 2.0 Of Norton 360

SAN JOSE - Symantec Corp. has announced the availability of Norton 360 version 2.0 with new features that include browser protection, network security map and more local backup options that are designed to help home users increase the security of their PCs. Norton 360 was launched last year as part of Symantec's strategy of making

By |2008-03-27T00:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Importance Of Identity Management Increasing Over Next Five Years

LANSING - Federal, state, local and municipal IT professionals in the U.S. said they believe the importance of identity management will continue to increase over the next five years, according to Quest Software's new Identity Management Government Survey. Conducted by Pursuant, a public opinion research firm, on behalf of Quest Software, the study suveyed government

By |2008-03-18T00:00:00-04:00March 18th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Symantec Releases Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection For Mac

MOUNTAIN VIEW - Mac users that run both Mac OS X Leopard and Windows operating systems are now able to protect their environment better with Symantec Corp.'s new Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection for Mac. The software features vulnerability protection technology and anti-virus for Mac users running Boot Camp or Windows virtualization software, which are programs

By |2008-03-14T00:00:00-04:00March 14th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Smartphone Users Aware Of Risks, But Most Don’t Install Security Software

SAN JOSE - Most mobile phone users don't have security software installed, even though three-quarters of them are aware that malware can infect mobile devices via Bluetooth, according to the "Online Wellbeing" survey commissioned by security-as-a-service provider F-Secure. The report was based on surveys of Web users aged 20 to 40 in the U.S., Canada,

By |2008-03-14T00:00:00-04:00March 14th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

CA Security Series Trends In SOA Security Management

SOUTHFIELD - Organizations have been steadily adopting the service-oriented approach to deploying applications over the last few years. This podcast will address the following questions: How are Web services and Service-Oriented Architectures impacting IAM? How does the latest release of CA SOA Security Manager help organizations manage security for SOA and Web services? To listen,

By |2008-03-14T00:00:00-04:00March 14th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|